A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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