My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much.

I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing

I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else

I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight. If you can figure out my success on the screen you're a better man than I.

It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have

I was never trained for anything

I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over again