I saw John Garfield smoke. He was my idol, so I smoked. I even smoked like him.

I know know why ... if something not broke, don't fix it. Twelve Angry Men was the perfect movie. The cast was just the best cast you could possibly get together. The director was Sidney Lumet, the best director around. So why they made the remake I don't know.

Some days when I start to talk, my voice isnt strong. But then it warms up.

Fred Silverman, the head of ABC, he offered me a lot of comedy series but I told him I'd already been the best comedy series around, "The Odd Couple," and so when he saw that I did Quincy he called my agent and said, Jack turns me down? All my good series and he ends up playing an undertaker." And this was the HEAD of ABC series.

We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.

Now I have the voice of a 16-year-old. I'm looking for a doctor who could give me the body of a 16-year-old.

I was happy because I was acting. Most of the time for nothing. But I was learning and to learn that you can learn opens up the world for you.