I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.
Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.
My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.
Just let the wardrobe do the acting.
Just let the wardrobe do the acting.
I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.
Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger.
Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this; it just doesn't feel right at my age.
If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain't - take two!
I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
There's a period just before you start a movie when you start thinking, I don't know what in the world I'm going to do. It's free-floating anxiety. In my case, though, this is over by lunch the first day of shooting.
With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.