I remember a meeting I had at MGM. It was at the end of their reign. They say we have you under contract, and because you’re under contract, we’d like to you to work. I said, well, that seems fair. But if it’s a really good movie, they were going to give it to a particular actor that was not under contract. The bottom line was they were going to pay you more if it was a bad one and pay you less if it was a good one.

There's so many characters they [studios] are not letting me play. And I thought, "Why don't you just go produce it yourself?".

I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to keep myself from slipping. I find that technology has made it so that we don't need to have a memory system, and as I get older I want to do things that challenge me. What could be more challenging than doing this show with a knee that's been replaced, after tearing my Achilles heel with a baker's cyst on the back of my knee? And then I have to try and dance!

I consume an enormous number of books, but they're always on a particular subject because I'm obsessive.

Here's Henry, trying to burst the bubble still further, if indeed it needs more bursting

I'm not saying it's safe to go sit out in the sun all day but I don't believe that sun is bad for you.

Hyypia rises like a giraffe to head the ball clear