When you quit school at an early age, I think you have a lifelong need to show the world - and maybe yourself - that you're really smart after all.

I was surprised when I started getting old. I always thought it was one of those things that would happen to someone else.

In Rome, the emperor sat in a special part of the Colosseum called the Caesarian Section.

For an entertainer, part of the thing you do is just style. And the coke did help me get into great runs of pure form.

Somebody once said that Hollywood is based on a lot of producers deliberately making bad movies, and every now and then somebody gets lucky.

I did a lot of thinking, and used mental activity to relieve whatever feelings I had. I became very left-brained, and I was good in school. That is, I was a smart kid.

If it requires a uniform, it's a worthless endeavor.