I Never Followed Baseball Very Much. As

I Knew That There Was An Aspect To This Story That Was Beyond The Typical And That It Was Something Very Important About America, About Our Culture, And About Bringing A Story To A New Generation That Perhaps Didn't Know The Details Of It, (and) Hadn't Had The Visceral Experience That This Film Is [42].

I Don't Do Stunts - I Do Running, Jumping And Falling Down. After 25 Years I Know Exactly What I'm Doing.

I Am My Age. I'm Not Making Any Effort To Change It.

American Graffiti Was The First Movie Where The Director Let Me Have Any Input. It Was The First Time Anyone Ever Listened To Me. George Thought My Character Should Have A Crew Cut, But I Wasn't Happy With That Idea. I'd Always Had Pretty Long Hair Back Then - In College, Particularly - So I Told George My Character Should Wear A Cowboy Hat. George Thought About It And He Remembered A Bunch Of Guys From Modesto, California, Who Cruised Around, Like My Character, And Wore Cowboy Hats, So It Turned Out That It Actually Fit The Movie.

Acting Is Not About Competing. Acting Is About Cooperating. Acting Is About Collaboration. It's About Your Utility, Your Usefulness, Your Capacity To Add To The Work That Has Already Been Done And Will Be Done. You're Just Part Of A Team. I Never Feel Competitive About Acting.