I Love The Comic Opportunities That Come

The Best Movies Are Made From A Point Of View Of An Understanding Of Human Nature And An Understanding Of History And An Understanding Of What Motivates People, Of What Makes A Good Movie From An Emotional Place.

What I Observed About My Fellow Actors Was That Most Gave Up Very Easily.

I Was Never That Much A Focus Of Interest In My Career. I'm Aware Of That Now, Which Doesn't Give Me A Lot Of Pleasure.

American Graffiti Was The First Movie Where The Director Let Me Have Any Input. It Was The First Time Anyone Ever Listened To Me. George Thought My Character Should Have A Crew Cut, But I Wasn't Happy With That Idea. I'd Always Had Pretty Long Hair Back Then - In College, Particularly - So I Told George My Character Should Wear A Cowboy Hat. George Thought About It And He Remembered A Bunch Of Guys From Modesto, California, Who Cruised Around, Like My Character, And Wore Cowboy Hats, So It Turned Out That It Actually Fit The Movie.

I Had No Idea What I Wanted To Do With My Life, So Nothing Of What I Was Studying Seemed To Fit. I Know Now That I Should Have Taken Advantage Of That Time And That I Missed A Great Deal Of The Opportunity To Educate Myself.