I will always have enough money to last the rest of my life...as long as I don't buy anything.

I can do lovers. I can do Sir Galahad types. I'm not going to limit myself in voice-overs to irascible old men.

[on making the transition from the comedy "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) to its dramatic spin-off series "Lou Grant" (1977)] We were really worried about changing over from a three-camera, half-hour comedy to a one-camera, full-hour drama. The audience wasn't ready for the switch - even CBS billed us in their promos as a comedy. In fact, the whole thing was impossible. But we didn't know that.

Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.

I will always have enough money to last the rest of my life...as long as I don't buy anything.

Where the work goes, I go. Wherever adulation occurs, that's where you'll find me.

The treasure shouldn't do the hunting, and you're a treasure.