A policeman, as you discover, has to put up with a hell of a lot of abuse. A man in any other line of work would nail a guy who laid that kind of abuse on him. I know I would.

Whenever I get a free day, I drive up to some part of California that looks promising on the map.

I want my children to live in the country, to be a part of nature.

I've been lucky - I've been an actor for eight years and I've never been out of work.

I think children learn from example. I don't believe in raising them in an authoritative atmosphere.

I met Cynthia when I was 12, proposed at 16, became engaged at 17, married her at 19 and we had a baby when I was 20. If extra work could pay for a lot of diapers, that was for me.

I longed to fly. I was paid in flying lessons and, by the time I was 13, I'd logged 100 hours at the controls.