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

I'm 83 and a half years old and I feel fine. I feel like a teenager but I'm unable to do a lot of the things that I used to do but I enjoy life to the fullest.

Walter Matthau made all the big money and he was wonderful as Oscar Madison on the stage. You couldn't beat him. I know because I replaced him on Broadway. He was just delightful.

Acting became my best friend. When I auditioned to get into college, the teacher said you belong here, Mr. Klugman, and to hear that word belong - I never belonged anywhere before - and suddenly I belonged in acting and it was so comfortable and I loved it.

Time is very important to art and if you don't have the time to select, art goes out the window.

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

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