My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan,…

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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...

We children learned responsibility automatically.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

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...

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to...

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to...

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 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...

And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare...

And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare...

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without...

I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without...

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.

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...

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...

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and...

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?

Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it...

Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it...