I did a picture I loved called Time After Time (1979), and the people who saw it loved it. We had a big opening in Toronto at the Festival of Festivals - huge - and they gave us a fabulous reception. Great city, Toronto - Mary (Mary Steenburgen) and I loved it there. Great restaurants, great people. The studio hired these so-called `experts` to tell them how to market the film. And these silly asses took a poll to determine a `recognition` factor. And more people recognized Jack the Ripper, which was David Warner`s role in the movie, than H.G. Wells, who I played in the movie. Hardly anyone recognized the name H.G. Wells, in fact. So they decided to go with a campaign that stressed Jack the Ripper, which was all well and good except that people didn`t want to see another movie about Jack the Ripper, and they stayed away in droves. I`ve got a big piece of that film, but I haven`t seen a penny, and I probably never will. However, I did meet my wife making that movie, so I don`t really mind!

He didn`t want me at first, told me about the big-name actor he could get, how he was taller than I was - I`m five eight and a half - but I said, `That`s nothing, I can stand on a box.`

I did a picture I loved called Time After Time (1979), and the people who saw it loved it. We had a big opening in Toronto at the Festival of Festivals - huge - and they gave us a fabulous reception. Great city, Toronto - Mary (Mary Steenburgen) and I loved it there. Great restaurants, great people. The studio hired these so-called `experts` to tell them how to market the film. And these silly asses took a poll to determine a `recognition` factor. And more people recognized Jack the Ripper, which was David Warner`s role in the movie, than H.G. Wells, who I played in the movie.

"I got to be the hero in that one. It`s a very whimsical part, a wonderful part, H.G. running after Jack the Ripper (David Warner) and meeting this modern woman (Mary Steenburgen). Of course, it`s very special to me because I met Mary ((Mary Steenburgen), we got married, and we had two children. Even though we`re not together now, she is the mother of my children and that film is where we met. It`s also a damn good film!" - On Time After Time (1979)

[Reflecting on A Clockwork Orange (1971)]: "It`s a remarkable film that has survived as such a classic and I`d be a raving idiot not to be thrilled with that."

[When asked what his favorite Stanley Kubrick film was]: "A Clockwork Orange (1971)! I never saw any of the others."

There are no great scripts - just great films.

The best thing I did was abuse myself when younger - I dabbled in everything, cocaine, booze, women - because now I don`t have to do it anymore.