My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan,…

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And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare...

And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare...

You don't build a bond without being present.

You don't build a bond without being present.

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should...

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should...

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can...

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can...

Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance...

You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance...

And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good...

And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good...

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I...

I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I...

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not...

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not...

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he...

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he...

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to...

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to...

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to...

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to...

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and...

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and...

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk....

So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk....