It Was Either Therapy Or Die.

I Had Some Things I Had To Fix. It Took Me 14 Years To Do It. But It Was Never Really Fun Back In The Day To Work With Directors Who Were A Lot Older And Were Like Authoritarian And Talking To You Like That.

Sometimes, When A Man Is Alone, That's All You Got Is Your Dog.

I Had Achieved So Much Success In My Career And Then Had This Spectacular Fall From Grace That Left Me Unemployed And Living In A Town, Los Angeles, That Is Built On Envy. Once You Fall, People Don't Really Root For You To Come Back Again. I'd Go To Restaurants Where I Always Had The Best Table And Half The Time They Wouldn't Even Let Me Pay. And Then When I Stopped Making Movies, The Same Places Wouldn't Even Give Me A Lousy Table, Never Mind The Best One!

Julian Schnabel Painted A Picture That He Dedicated To My Character In Rumble Fish. It Was Called The Motorcycle Boy. I Remember When He Brought It Over To Me At The Mayflower Hotel [in New York] Years Ago. This Is When You And I Knew Each Other.

A Reputation Is Really Hard To Live Down.