As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist.
Acting, taken to the highest level, requires a fierce, total focus of your time and energy at the cost of just about everything else.
And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be very fringe artists, so anything before the 20th century is not worth considering. This is out of date.
I'll never forget the blooming happiness that spread in me like the sun coming up when Lydia's obstetrician poked me awake: 'Congratulations... you have a fine son.'
I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man.
The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.
Sometimes life drops blessings in your lap without your lifting a finger. Serendipity, they call it.
It's been quite a ride. I loved every minute of it.
