Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important for me to know my lines, know them so well that I don't have to think…

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I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

No, but way before that, I've been doing little dances in movies for years. Yeah,...

No, but way before that, I've been doing little dances in movies for years. Yeah,...

And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that...

And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that...

I don't carry lucky charms, but I believe in those things.

I don't carry lucky charms, but I believe in those things.

Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.

Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.

I live sort of in the country and I like that. It's very quiet, it's...

I live sort of in the country and I like that. It's very quiet, it's...

I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was...

I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was...

The best thing for me is, when I'm not working, is to be at home...

The best thing for me is, when I'm not working, is to be at home...

They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on.

They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on.

Because if I don't know my lines, I really don't know what I'm doing.

Because if I don't know my lines, I really don't know what I'm doing.

My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies.

My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies.

When videotape came so a lot of movies that I do have a kind of...

When videotape came so a lot of movies that I do have a kind of...

One thing that's happened to me is I've been around a long time and I've...

One thing that's happened to me is I've been around a long time and I've...

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know,...

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know,...

As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play...

As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play...

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in...

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in...

Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really...

Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really...

I think that if I had grown up and had been in show business and...

I think that if I had grown up and had been in show business and...

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or...

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or...