You Know, Actors Are Fans, Too. And

When You Have Satire, It Has To Be Real. No Matter How Outrageous The Comedy Becomes, You Have To Believe In The Characters.

Playing Shakespeare Requires Technique. You Don't Play A Bach Toccata By Getting In The Mood.

I've Got The Jewish Guilt And The Irish Shame And It's A Hell Of A Job Distinguishing Which Is Which.

I've Done A Couple Of Movies For Scale, And It's The Only Way To Get A Lot Of These Independent Movies Made. The Actors Negotiate Deals Where They're Given Just Enough Money To Live On During The Filming, But Then They Participate In The Back-end. If The Movie Suddenly Makes A Gazillion Dollars, We'll Participate In That Profit.

I Think Every American Actor Wants To Be A Movie Star. But I Never Wanted To Do Stupid Movies, I Wanted To Do Films.