I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.

I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes.

Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana.

I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting.

Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's there one night and it's gone the next, at least with stage acting anyhow.

I'd like to have a decade of my life back. I dropped into a void for almost a decade.

If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work.