Suddenly it was gone. I'd lost more than my voice and my career. I'd lost my best friend.
Some days when I start to talk, my voice isnt strong. But then it warms up.
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.
For 50 years, acting was the reason I got up in the morning.
We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
I saw John Garfield smoke. He was my idol, so I smoked. I even smoked like him.