For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.
Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.
With these real smart men in power, if we could just think of a new way to solve this problem without war, I think people would be so happy and delighted with America.
With Dick Smith there, and the words of Peter Shaffer... they've got to be the most beautiful descriptions in music ever written on film or in literature. And we could hear the music accompanying...
With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia.
Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
Tom Hulce and I have great respect for each other. But during the film, we were living a little bit like those two characters.
There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.
The special effects people are so good! If you avoid looking at them until the moment of the performance, it's pretty sharp.
The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.
The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.
The best thing is the discovery of the character as performed. That's the best part of the work. It's how it comes off the page.
Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I...
Some people just emanate this great peace of security. It really permeates the whole set, and it's so rare to see that.
Ronald Reagan was an actor, and he was known as the great communicator. He communicated what he felt a lot of people wanted to hear.
People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
Once I looked into a mirror at my face I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri.
Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
Maybe we should have a few laughs, loosen up things a little bit, help people think in a new way. But we're actors, and we're born to communicate.
If you can't use what's at hand, you might as well go into another business!