I loved sitting on my veranda sipping quality scotch, puffing a Cuban cigar and watching Cuba on the horizon, or the oceanic vista. Did this late in the evenings many times.

Movies are movies, television is television.

It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither measurable nor tangible and certainly not a way to become rich.

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

At 200 pounds, with a 17-inch neck, a resting pulse of 78, a bench press of 200 pounds, I was very much indeed a normal, All-American male. I carried my sickness within.

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.

I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a child's life when parents must be absolutely and completely present.