[On following his own gut in career choices]: I was 18, did a couple of things on TV, then I did Ordinary People and when you are fortunate enough to be in a movie like that, working with Robert Redford as the director and the movie is as well received as it was, it would be ludicrous to have a master plan for a career. So next, I was in Wayne, PA doing Taps and then I was back in New York working with Sidney Lumet doing an ensemble movie called Daniel. And I turned down a starring role in Risky Business, even though all my agents and manager said I was crazy. But I looked at it and asked myself, "What was the experience going to be like? What will I learn?" And looking back at myself at 23, being able to work with Sidney Lumet and E.L. Doctorow, I have absolutely no regrets. I learned stuff that will stay with me forever. (Timothy Hutton in DAILY NEWS, September 13, 1998) [Upon receiving his Academy Award for Ordinary People]: This is for my dad. I wish he were here to see it.