The Force Is Within You.

All My Friends Were Going Off To Be Professionals, And I Said I Wanted To Be An Actor.

I Don't Want To Be A Movie Star. I Want To Be In Movies That Are Stars.

When I First Started Out, I Was A Bad Actor.

Acting Is Not About Competing. Acting Is About Cooperating. Acting Is About Collaboration. It's About Your Utility, Your Usefulness, Your Capacity To Add To The Work That Has Already Been Done And Will Be Done. You're Just Part Of A Team. I Never Feel Competitive About Acting.

American Graffiti Was The First Movie Where The Director Let Me Have Any Input. It Was The First Time Anyone Ever Listened To Me. George Thought My Character Should Have A Crew Cut, But I Wasn't Happy With That Idea. I'd Always Had Pretty Long Hair Back Then - In College, Particularly - So I Told George My Character Should Wear A Cowboy Hat. George Thought About It And He Remembered A Bunch Of Guys From Modesto, California, Who Cruised Around, Like My Character, And Wore Cowboy Hats, So It Turned Out That It Actually Fit The Movie.