What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off.

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It's a living, breathing thing, acting.

It's a living, breathing thing, acting.

If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a...

If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a...

But in order to be the thing you want to be, you have to work...

But in order to be the thing you want to be, you have to work...

But I think one of the reasons I tend to stay in the water most...

But I think one of the reasons I tend to stay in the water most...

I just feel that no matter what comes in a career - and mine has...

I just feel that no matter what comes in a career - and mine has...

But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting.

But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting.

I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs.

I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs.

Intelligence is enormously sexy.

Intelligence is enormously sexy.

Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist.

Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist.

I'm a firm believer in absolute honesty.

I'm a firm believer in absolute honesty.

I have always felt the basis of everything in life is sexual, and I will...

I have always felt the basis of everything in life is sexual, and I will...

Each of us needs something - food, liquor, pot, whatever - to help us survive....

Each of us needs something - food, liquor, pot, whatever - to help us survive....

But I firmly believe that you can't be emotionally free until you are emotionally committed.

But I firmly believe that you can't be emotionally free until you are emotionally committed.

The best kind of kinky sex is to have kinky sex with your wife or...

The best kind of kinky sex is to have kinky sex with your wife or...

And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go...

And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go...

Physical qualities don't really matter much.

Physical qualities don't really matter much.

I always signed autographs when I could and always stayed and chatted with them when...

I always signed autographs when I could and always stayed and chatted with them when...

As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself.

As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself.

I'm hardly a saint.

I'm hardly a saint.

There is no right in acting.

There is no right in acting.