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I can’t hit on women in public any more. I didn’t decide this it just doesn’t feel right at my age.
There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I’m not in that state now and that makes me sad.
When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman’s part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.
I’m Irish. I think about death all the time.
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn’t repeat a success. Very often you’re going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you’re trapped.
I think that’s what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There’s no melodrama there’s no device, It’s just about a human being.
I’m not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.
Financially, I’ve lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.