I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by the history of theater - which we now see from a historical point of view was an explosive…

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There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

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?

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...

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in...

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in...

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was...

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was...

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...

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...

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...

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

You don't build a bond without being present.

You don't build a bond without being present.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

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...

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...

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two...

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two...

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....

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...