Every person should have their escape route planned. I think everyone has an apocalypse fantasy,...
Film memory has kept them all for us, beyond death or, better, beyond youth.
Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.
In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality, ... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.
When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.
To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy.
At my age, you sort of fart your way into a role.
I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.
You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours - as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect.
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.
What I'd really like to do is do a film or two a year and then do theater in New York the rest of the year.
I had seen Shawn Levy's movie just before, Just Married. And I think when I met him too, he's very smart and together and he's got it together.
Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you.
There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies.
On any movie I'm involved with, I say what I think.
It varies from role to role and the type of the piece and the people you're working with. All those factors contribute to how you function on a movie.
I think it's much more important to direct movies but if it's going to take five years between each one then I'll have to make up for that.
But I'm never again going to do a movie as an actor where I'm enjoying myself. It's not fun, and it doesn't have to be.
You always worry about films when you hear about them making decisions after announcements are made.