I Realized Early On That Success Was

I Have Children. I Have Other Concerns. I Have Other Focuses. I Really Feel Very Sympathetic And I Would Love To Be Able To Help But I Don't See This As The Opportunity, Having Done 'extraordinary Measures', For Me To Suddenly Leap On A Soap Box And Begin To Talk About The Pharmaceutical Industry Or The Desperate Plight Of Sick Children. I Do What I Can In My World But I Don't Have The Bona Fides To Do That Right Now.

I Prefer To Be Part Of A Positive Statement. I'm Not Interested In The Psyche Of A Serial Killer. What I'm Interested In Is Creating A Situation In Which People Get Some Emotional Exercise, Which Makes Them Feel Like Human Beings And Makes Them Understand That They Are Part Of The Human Community With All Its Responsibilities.

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.

My Older Kids Are Fantastic People. It Can't Be The Result Of My Influence On Them.

Hard Work And A Proper Frame Of Mind Prepare You For The Lucky Breaks That Come Along -- Or Don't.