I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas.

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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.

The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but...

The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but...

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...

I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New...

I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

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...

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.

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have...

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have...

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 -...

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.

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...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...

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 don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm...

I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

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...

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....

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...