Actors Are Always Outsiders. It's Necessary To

I Never Saw Myself As A Director. It's Certainly A Second Language But Making Movies For 40 Years, You Pick Stuff Up. However, This Style Of Making Movies, This Documentary Style, Is Easier For Me Because I Gather A Lot Of Material And With An Editor, Write It On Screen. You Try To Write Based On What You Shot.

It Surprised Me, The Feeling I Got When I Won The Oscar For 'scent Of A Woman.' It Was A New Feeling. I'd Never Felt It. I Don't See My Oscar Much Now. But When I First Got It, There Was A Feeling For Weeks Afterward That I Guess Is Akin To Winning A Gold Medal In The Olympics.

The Difference Between The Actor And The Painter Is That The Actor Would Buy Somebody A Knish In Order To Have Them Watch Him Act.

I Love Work Because It Keeps Sex In Perspective. Otherwise, It Can Become A Preoccupation.

Did You Know I Started Out As A Stand-up Comic? People Don't Believe Me When I Tell Them. That's How I Saw Myself, In Comedy.