I was lucky to get the kinds of parts I wanted. I always said I didn't want to do anything my kids can't see.

Anyone who doesn't sing and dance at every opportunity is missing out on the joy of life.

I went public with the alcoholism, very early on... the early '70s. Mercedes McCambridge, the actress, I think was the first recognizable person that went before Congress and talked about it, and I thought that was a good idea, to take some of the stigma away from it and say "Normal, average people can fall prey to it." So it's been public for me. I did a movie about an alcoholic. And today, you're nobody unless you've been to rehab. It seems like everybody has some kind of an addiction.

In the best of all worlds, the producers would take some responsibility for the kinds of things they're putting out. Unfortunately, they don't.

I wouldn't mind taking a chance at Real Time, I've always thought if I could pick my interviewer, it'd be Charlie Rose, who I think is the best.

So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life.

A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing.