Quotes

There's no such thing as The Method. The term "method-acting" is so much nonsense. There are many methods, many techniques. My father merely used a method of teaching based on the ideas originally propounded by [Konstantin Stanislavski]--self-discipline, how to think out a role and use imagination. That's all.

[1980] The parts that Jane Fonda or Meryl Streep or Jill Clayburgh or Sally Field get, those are the parts I'd love to get a crack at. To a degree I should be playing much better parts than I am. But since I don't measure myself by what kind of parts I play I consider myself one of the most successful people I know.