From the age of four or five. I went to see a lot of Westerns then. But it was silent movies and I loved everything that happened then.

I don't act to live. I live to act.

No, I never thought of it in those terms. I used to go into agents' offices and they'd have pictures of these handsome movie men and I knew I'd never be up there. I'm a journeyman actor. I didn't think about stardom.

I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by [Elia] Kazan and was called Baby Doll.

Well, I've maybe gotten 200 requests for interviews about Marilyn, and I just decided I'm gonna do my own.

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.

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