“ I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship. ”

“ You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them. ”

“ I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office. ”

“ I think retirement's for old people. I'm still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I'm enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can. ”

“ I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of. ”

“ I have relationships with people I'm working with, based on our combined interest. It doesn't make the relationship any less sincere, but it does give it a focus that may not last beyond the experience. ”

“ My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor. ”

“ Parenting is an impossible job at any age. ”

“ What is news? It's hard to quantify. Certainly news has changed completely, and the morning shows are not really designed to bring you the news, except to tell you what happened overnight, and the rest of it is a kind of magazine mentality - a little bit of this, a little bit of that. It's harder to be an educated and informed citizen. ”

“ I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale. ”