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

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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...

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...

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

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

Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over...

Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over...

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 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 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...

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

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 -...

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to...

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to...

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...

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...

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...

We children learned responsibility automatically.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

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...

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one...

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one...

I told my psychiatrist everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous; everyone hasn't...

I told my psychiatrist everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous; everyone hasn't...

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.