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.

Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot.

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.

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