Great Directors Can Understand The

I Would Say I Am More Concerned With The Plays I'm Going To Do Than The Movies. I'm More Comfortable In A Play. In Film, There's Always A Certain Sense Of Control, Of Holding Back. The Stage Is Different ; There's More To Act. There Are More Demands Put On You, More Experiences To Go Through.

The Thing Is Doing It, That's What It's All About. Not In The Results Of It. After All What Is A Risk? It's A Risk Not To Take Risks. Otherwise, You Can Go Stale And Repeat Yourself. I Don't Feel Like A Person Who Takes Risks. Yet There's Something Within Me That Must Provoke Controversy Because I Find It Wherever I Go. Anybody Who Cares About What He Does Takes Risks.

Actors Are Always Outsiders. It's Necessary To Be Able To Interpret - And That Gets Distorted When You Become Famous.

When My Mother Got Home From Work, She Would Take Me To The Movies. It Was Her Way Of Getting Out, And She Would Take Me With Her. I'd Go Home And Act All The Parts. It Had A Tremendous Influence On My Becoming An Actor.

I Like, For Instance, 'serpico.' I Enjoyed Playing Serpico Because Frank Serpico Was There. He Existed. He Was A Real Life Person And I Could - I Could Embody Him. I Could, You Know, I Could Work And Get To Know Him And Have Him Help Me With The Text, The Script And Become Him. It's Almost Like A Painter Having A Model To Become.