Daddy, when he drank, just became sweeter. There wasn't a mean thought in his body. I've always said he was like a drunk Jimmy Stewart.

No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery or whatever, when you are a freshman at UCLA then - I guess it's still the same way - you had to take an acting class.

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?

I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes.

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it welfare, what we called relief.

If you see a kid in school, who is a little shy ... that's when you should reach out. When you do, you are going to open up a flower and discover something wonderful.