I don't want to be a movie star. I want to be in movies that are stars.
I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.
To me, success is choice and opportunity.
You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.
I had no expectation of the level of adulation that would come my way. I just wanted to make a living with a regular role in a television series.
You have to remember that baseball really was the American pastime in the Forties, not football, basketball or any other sport.