You Start Talking About God

I Had An Opportunity To Be In Frank's [sinatra] Circle, But I Couldn't Take Advantage Of It Because I Couldn't Get Over How Awed I Was By Him. It Was So Uncomfortable For Me Because He Meant So Much To Me, But I Just Couldn't Be Myself, So I Fled Rather Than Having Those Great Nights Hanging Out.

Guys Who Are Larger Than Life And Theatrical And Deliciously Unpredictable - They're Far More Interesting Than The Good Guys Most Of The Time. They Have These Psychological Layers That An Audience Can Really Cling On To, Become Fascinated With, Much More So Than These True-blue, One-dimensional, Square-jawed Good Guys.

I've Always Felt There Were Aspects Of Me That Were Monstrous, And You Can Either Hide From It Or Confront It, Embrace It And Understand That Those Are Aspects That Make You Unique And Define You And Motivate You. You Can Either Overwhelm Or Overcompensate For Them -- But They Truly Define You As A Human Being...so That Life Became A Question Of Either Dealing With This Monstrousness In One Way Or Another...one Finds A Way To Understand And Make Friends With That Monster And Understand That That's The Very Thing That Makes You Who You Are. That's Your Emotional And Spiritual Fingerprint.

I Lost 90 Pounds And My Blood Pressure Went Down To A Normal Level And The Salt In My Urine Disappeared. And That Was When I Had To Make The Transition From Fat Character Actor To Thin Character Actor.

The Approach To Acting Is Always The Same, You Try To Figure Who The Guy Is And Then You Try To Transition Your Way Into His Way Of Thinking And Moving Through The World. The Rest Of It Is Just Accoutrements, You Don't Play The Makeup, You Play The Guy. If You're Not Wearing Makeup, You Just Play The Guy.