I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific.

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For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office.

For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office.

I've just opened a show in Florida, although I also have many pieces on display...

I've just opened a show in Florida, although I also have many pieces on display...

Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been...

Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been...

Its not age as much as the experiences I have had.

Its not age as much as the experiences I have had.

I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies.

I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies.

My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.

My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

While you're doing it, you don't really know what you're doing.

While you're doing it, you don't really know what you're doing.

I can't sit around and wait for the telephone to ring.

I can't sit around and wait for the telephone to ring.

I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable.

I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable.

Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.

Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.

Yes I'm still working, but my life's no longer filled with it.

Yes I'm still working, but my life's no longer filled with it.

I look at everything in an artistic way.

I look at everything in an artistic way.

At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the...

At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the...

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.

The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how...

The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how...

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play...

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play...

I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a...

I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a...

It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting...

It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting...

I want the public to know that it will be an honor for me to...

I want the public to know that it will be an honor for me to...