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“I know that I'm in the minority to be able to keep working all these years. But I want more!”
“In my experience, each project is what it is, and nothing is necessarily a turning point.”
“I don't like that I'm my own commodity, that I am what I sell.”
“In high school, I did the 'The Tempest' at Lincoln Center for Joe Papp.”
“I took parts that either I was offered or felt I could do a good job with.”
“That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.”
“I think most actors are very impressionable, and that's part of what we do is soak up other's behavior.”
“I don't think, 'Oh, you know, I'm crazy and zany.'”
“'Hester Street' was my most complete character study, but 'Annie Hall' and 'The Last Detail' were also great.”
“The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.”
“It's like life: you have both comedy and drama. There's a balance, and I'm lucky enough to have it in my work.”
“My first movie was with Mike Nichols.”
“I don't regret what I've done but some of the things I didn't do.”
“You can fake a lot of stuff, but you can't fake if the story isn't there and if the writing isn't good.”
“An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do it fast.”
“When you're doing a legitimate play, if you have a company of 12, it's considered a big cast.”
“I think it's nourishing to do both comedy and drama.”
“It's very hard to remain a student in life.”
“I am a very simple cook, I just do the minimum amount. I'm mostly a vegetarian, so I just steam a lot of vegetables.”
“I try to construct some kind of backstory for my character so that I have an idea of the life of that character - not just from the moment when the scene starts, but from before.”