My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college.

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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

You don't build a bond without being present.

You don't build a bond without being present.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Just so you know, there's a space that only you can fill. Just so you...

Just so you know, there's a space that only you can fill. Just so you...

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 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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good...

And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good...

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...