American - Actor | September 25, 1944 -
Actors, I have to say, most of the time, they elevate things; they don't screw things up most of the time.
Michael Douglas
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Directors have so much else to do besides tell actors what to do. There are so many issues and problems.
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In 'Wall Street,' Charlie Sheen carried that movie.
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The message from national security experts and citizens around the world is clear: The only way to eliminate the global nuclear danger is to eliminate all nuclear weapons.
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Control is what gives you privacy.
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I've always been somebody who, when I started a picture, never knew what the next picture would be.
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Liberace was one of the biggest stars in America. He was a kind of a phenomenon.
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Directing talent is very nebulous. You know, it's not in front of you like an actor's performance.
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Of course I feel blessed that I have a wife that is 25 years younger.
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I don't know if likeable, pleasant characters have enough conflict for me to want to do them. I admire those people, but I've never been that kind of screen presence who can do nothing. I need to do something.
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I grew up on the East Coast and was going to go to an Ivy League School, but at the last minute I decided to be a hippy. It was the protest movements on the war, peace movements were going on at our university. It was a fantastic time.
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For a long time, I can't say I was one who really enjoyed acting. I was always censoring it, or editing it, or analyzing it, rather than just going with it.
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