Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.

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I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his...

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his...

Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you...

I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you...

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on...

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on...

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting...

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting...

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special,...

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special,...

It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes.

It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

I'm so old they've canceled my blood type.

I'm so old they've canceled my blood type.

There is a limbo of the lost through which American males of a certain age...

There is a limbo of the lost through which American males of a certain age...

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they...

A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they...

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44...

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44...

In the age in which we live, the impossible is every day losing ground.

In the age in which we live, the impossible is every day losing ground.

In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages.

In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages.

Through age after age, I am the servant of the Merciful Lord.

Through age after age, I am the servant of the Merciful Lord.

Softly along the road of evening, In a twilight dim with rose, Wrinkled with age,...

Softly along the road of evening, In a twilight dim with rose, Wrinkled with age,...

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with...

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with...

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't...

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't...