I've repeatedly said that for people as little in common as Joanne and myself, we have an uncommonly good marriage. We are actors, we make pictures - and that's about all we have in common. Maybe that's enough. Wives shouldn't feel obligated to accompany their husbands to a ball game, husbands do look a bit silly attending morning coffee breaks with the neighbourhood wives when most men are out at work. Husbands and wives should have separate interests, cultivate different sets of friends - and not impose one upon the other.

I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried - tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in …

I was terrorized by the emotional requirements of being an actor. Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed.

I wasn't driven to acting by any inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

I love being married, I do. It's so great to find that one special person that you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

Marriage is a wonderful thing. It is more important to like the person you marry than it is to love them.