Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that 90 percent of all actors really just want to be rich and famous as the solution to all that ails.

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I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a...

I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a...

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.

I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on...

I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on...

Hollywood... a city I was to come back to time and again, in sickness and...

Hollywood... a city I was to come back to time and again, in sickness and...

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto...

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto...

We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around...

We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around...

My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in...

My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in...

Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.

Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.

Movies are movies, television is television.

Movies are movies, television is television.

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor...

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor...

If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait...

If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait...

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I...

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I...

In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being...

In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being...

From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of...

From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of...

It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best...

It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best...

I never get involved with the ladies I work with.

I never get involved with the ladies I work with.

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding...

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding...

I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I...

I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I...

You can't leave civilization behind entirely.

You can't leave civilization behind entirely.

Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.

Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.