Nothing but the heart can change the heart.

I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job.

It's the character that is the strongest that God gives the most challenges to. Take your struggles as a compliment.

Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire.

Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.

Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed.

One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made.