The big secret in acting is listening to people.

And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done.

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.

Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere.

John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years.

My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.

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.