I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even in these egalitarian times.

You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

I used to think if it wasn't possible to be a family man and a totally dedicated artist, I'd rather be the former. I'm an idealist and a romantic.

For an actor, there is no greater loss than the loss of his audience.

A war put off is not a war avoided.

Political correctness is tyranny with manners.

Sometimes, to be silent is to be most eloquent.