I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In The Quiet American (2002) you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It`s a milestone for me, because it`s the last time I`m going to get the girl. I`m sure of it, now I`m nearly seventy.
It`s terrible. Every six weeks it`s Christmas. In Catch-22 (1970), the hero says, "Time is going by so fast, I have to make my life more boring." That`s what I`ve got to do, because my life is so interesting and I enjoy myself so much, I`ve got to make it...
Don`t remake a successful picture, because you`re liable to be the flop. Steve Martin and I made a much better picture of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) than Marlon Brando and David Niven did. What I wouldn`t do anymore is play any guest shots. I`ve given...
I did Harold Pinter`s first play, "The Room". Harold was an actor named David Baron. He said, "I`m going to write". I said, "Oh yeah, it`ll be nice". He said, "But I don`t want to get mixed up with being an actor. I`m going to write with my real name". I ...
Such is an actor`s life. We must ride the waves of every film, barfing occasionally, yet maintain our dignity, even as the bulk of our Herculean efforts are keel-hauled before our very eyes.
I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In The Quiet American (2002) you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It`s a milestone for me, because it`s the last time I`m going to get the girl. I`m sure of it, now I`m nearly seventy.
