When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied acting, which involved dance and fencing and speech classes and history of theater, all that.

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Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying...

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying...

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

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...

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was...

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

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

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

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...

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?

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...

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 -...

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...

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 was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can...

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can...

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

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