“My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe.”
Camryn Manheim

“Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race.”
Blake Edwards

“Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.”
Paul Newman

All I know is, I don't do a lot of analysis. I know those words have to move me. I rely on the author. I don't want actors reasoning with me about 'motivation' and all that bull. All I want 'em to do is learn the goddamn lines and don't bump into each other.”
Jason Robards

“I guess the first screenplay of mine that was done was 'Falling in Love' with Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep.”
Michael Cristofer