So I wanted to show what I did with the money. So I got red silk shirts, beautiful hats, wonderful saddles, a great horse, and two gold teeth. So that was the way I did it.

I was an original member of the Actors' Studio.

All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time.

One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it.

In the book, I tell the story of seeing old movies when I was young and acting out scenes at home. Now I get scripts, and I act them out.

When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.

I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.