Quotes

[on his suicide attempts]: I've tried to commit suicide 21 times. Mostly, it's been with pills.

[on leaving Taxi (1978)]: In 'Taxi,' I kept doing the same scene for three years. I was underused.

[on Mickey Rourke's comeback]: Hollywood can be a very stinging town. They say it's a forgiving business. It's not that forgiving.

[A 1981 interview, on Jesus Christ being the role that he would most like to play and why he felt that it did little for other actors' careers] That's because Jesus has never been played right. They always leave out that he was a man. I'm a Christian. I was brought up a Catholic. Then I began wondering and wandering. But I'm still a Christian.