- (1997) I like to read fiction because it transports me away from Hollywood, and I like travel novels. I also drive up the coast to Santa Barbara to escape and get out of town. I stay the most at the San Ysidro Ranch. It's a quiet and simple, protected village and no one bothers you. It's also very pretty.
- I never resented being called a character actor in New York, but with the caste system they have in Hollywood, you feel the little sting of it. There is a distinction made between the person who is getting $20 million and everyone else. You're the one directors know they don't have to worry about, so they can turn their attention to more pressing problems, like finding the star a bigger trailer.
- [on Barry Levinson] I was a little bit in awe of Barry's ability. Tin Men (1987) is much more complicated than the usual movie. It's intelligent. The rhythms of the language are real.
- [on his role as John Ehrlichman in Nixon (1995)] He was a foil to the slavish adoration of Nixon [Richard Nixon], with this meek moral voice that would ask the questions no one else asked.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content