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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We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great...

We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great...

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...

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

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

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...

I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother....

I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother....

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or...

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or...

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.

Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show...

Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show...

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.

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 don't know what organically grown chickens are; I've never seen one.

I don't know what organically grown chickens are; I've never seen one.

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

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

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.

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...

But my longevity is due to my good timing.

But my longevity is due to my good timing.

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.

I'm world famous, everywhere I go there are people who love me because of I've...

I'm world famous, everywhere I go there are people who love me because of I've...

Even on a personal note, my dressing table downstairs is crowded with things, like a...

Even on a personal note, my dressing table downstairs is crowded with things, like a...

I like Vegas for its spontaneity.

I like Vegas for its spontaneity.

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.