A Lot Of Acting Is Private Time.

I Don't Regret Anything. I Feel Like I've Made What I Would Call Mistakes. I Picked The Wrong Movie, Or I Didn't Pursue A Character, But Everything You Do Is Part Of You And You Get Something From It.

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.

The Play Is The Source, It Is Orchestrated With Words. In A Movie, You Are Not Dealing With As Much As That. There Are Machines And Wires. When You're Acting For A Camera, It Keeps Taking And Never Giving Back.

Francis Ford Coppola Did This Early On. You Tape A Movie, Like A Radio Show, And You Have The Narrator Read All The Stage Directions. And Then You Go Back Like A Few Days Later And Then You Listen To The Movie. And It Sort Of Plays In Your Mind Like A Film, Like A First Rough Cut Of A Movie.

I Didn't Want The Book [of Memoirs] Out, Naturally - Larry [grobel] Knew That For 20 Years, 15 At Least, I Didn't Want Anything Written About Me. Then, You Know, Things Happen, Finally It's Ok And I Trust Larry. Nothing About It Is Salacious In Any Way.