One day when I was working on a movie, I stayed at the beach a little too long, and they said, “You are going to ruin a whole day of shooting because you’re so dark. Two days ago you weren’t like this!” So I started putting that in the character; I made him suntanned all the time.

Women love romance, but they're not as romantic as men.

The first thing my agent told me in 1959 was he said you have to have something recognizable that people will remember. “What are you? Do you have cleft in your chin? You have a Jimmy Stewart kind of talk?” And I thought I don’t know what I can give them that will be different.

One works in this business - if one works. You do different types of movies.

I never took the work less than serious, my work ethic is ingrained in me. But I've always had a sense of humor about myself.

Woody [Allen] is a fascinating character to be around. You don't really know what he's going to want. You're on your toes, but you're on your heels too, if you know what I mean.

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.