Nothing human is foreign to us

My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal.

I know I'm not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I'll deliver for you.

Nothing human is foreign to us

The sitting around on the set is awful. But I always figure that’s what they pay me for. The acting I do for free.

In those days I would go for an interview and find myself competing with this other chap who would always be younger and taller, and much handsomer than I.

I remember just before going onto the soundstage, I'd look in my dressing room mirror and stretch myself to my full 5'5" or 5'6 whatever it was-to make me appear taller and to make me able to dominate all the others and to mow them down with my size.