Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been painting all my life, now it's become a second career because of my success in the movies.

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

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

I like Vegas for its spontaneity.

I like Vegas for its spontaneity.

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.

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...

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...

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.

My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.

My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.

If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.

If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.

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...

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.

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

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...

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 look at everything in an artistic way.

I look at everything in an artistic way.

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 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....

But my longevity is due to my good timing.

But my longevity is due to my good timing.

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.

I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service...

I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service...

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.