I have been so fortunate and I really am appreciative of the success I've had.

I have been so fortunate and I really am appreciative of the success I've had.

Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's probably a combination of heredity and noise exposure.

I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant - so who am I to argue with him!

Hey Lord... Whatever I done... Don't strike me blind for another couple ah minutes.

When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work.

My father died when I was 4 years old, so I can't really say anything about his hearing.