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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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...

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...

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I...

I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I...

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...

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...

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...

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...

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that...

Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that...

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...

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

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...

The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.

The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.

You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great...

You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great...

Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.

Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.