(On his childhood) "All my life, to this day, the memory of my childhood remains grim and incoherent. If I close my eyes and think back, I see little except violence and fear...In those early years I somehow came to understand I would have to draw from within myself whatever emotional resources I needed to go wherever I was headed. As a result, for years I became a boy who lived almost totally within himself."
- Burgess Meredith(On his best work) "If I were to mark three, I`d mark Bird, because I grew immensely as an artist--I learned a lot--and also, I think, it was when people started to take me more seriously. I`d also mark Ghost Dog, because I started to understand something about myself in silence, how I`m capable of communicating certain things without doing much. And then I`d probably mark The Last King of Scotland, which marries the internal and the external in a strong way and brings together all of the things I`ve learned about my work into one character."
- Forest WhitakerI once showed a holiday video to my entire family and forgot there was a point where I flashed. I only realized about one second before it happened and couldn`t get to the remote in time to stop them all from seeing me pull down my trousers and reveal myself. My sister screamed and my mum said, `Ooh, that`s changed.`
- Simon PeggI wanted to dismantle any show-business pretense and take this thing straight as a human being, ... So I said, `I`m gonna write this, and where I think I`m great, I`m gonna say it, and where I think I`m not, I`m gonna say it. And I`m gonna try to love and accept myself along the way.`
- Rodney Crowell