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.

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.

Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot.

There was no sacrifice in acting for me, even when I was starving in New York. I went three days without eating. Charlie Bronson and I sold blood for $5 so that we could eat.

Suddenly it was gone. I'd lost more than my voice and my career. I'd lost my best friend.

For 50 years, acting was the reason I got up in the morning.

I always loved to gamble. I never got close to a horse. Fate dealt me a terrible blow when it gave me a good horse the first time out. I thought how easy this is. Now I love being around them.