"The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead."

"The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy."

"People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch."

"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."

"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."

"In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way."

"Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically people think of me as an up-and-coming young actor."

"In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right."

"We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money."