You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.
You'll have time to rest when you're dead.
If it's the right chair, it doesn't take too long to get comfortable in it.
Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait.
I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'
The talent is in the choices.
One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price.
It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them.
Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.
When I was 15, 16, I studied with Stella Adler at the Conservatory of Acting, then I stopped again and went to the Actors Studio when I was 18.
There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.
I always tell actors when they go in for an audition: Don't be afraid to do what your instincts tell you. You may not get the part, but people will take notice.
With 'Silver Linings,' I didn't feel - I was thinking of certain things, but I just said, 'Let me go with it.' You have to know what you're doing, where you're going with the scenes, and I put a lot of work into that. But when you're out there, at the same time you gotta be ready for anything.
I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right.
I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies.
There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.
When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home.
I don't get into these long-winded heavy discussions about character - do we do this or that or what. At the end of the day, what you gotta do is just go out there and do it.
The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
I love to find new people. It's not for the sake of their being new; it's because if you find someone who perfectly fits a part, that's such a great thing.
