As long as I get phone calls from the Museum of Modern Art, that all the film buffs love it, that`s a residual. It isn`t a financial residual and it isn`t an artistic residual, but it`s an ego residual.
(on director Frank Perry) I`ve been in so many bad movies and worked with so many bad directors that I go into a film expecting nothing. That`s why I respect and admire Frank Perry so much. He`s a rare man and I`ve worked with enough stiffs to know the difference pal, but he knows the problems of actors and I know the problems of a director. Frank is as far away from Otto Preminger as you can get.
This isn`t exactly a stable business. It`s like trying to stand up in a canoe with your pants down.
The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor`s life. Twelve months later they ask, `Who won the Oscar last year?`