The more the art dominated my life and my house, the more the house became a home.
I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.
I'm really much more like Phil Potter from [the 1979 film] Starting Over. People do think I'm the Bandit [from Smokey and the Bandit ], and I'm a lot more serious than that.
Sometimes you have to lose yourself 'fore you can find anything.
There are no awards in Hollywood for being an idiot.
I love Stroker Ace. I love the whole team. Jim Nabors really stole the show, and Ned Beatty, well I've made more of my movies with Ned Beatty than anybody else.