Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.

The most difficult thing about being well known? Getting out of a hotel room at 4am.

It always bothered me when people came off stage and were told how great they were. They weren't, really, in my opinion. It was then I started thinking that, contrary to conventional wisdom, film was the artful medium for the actor, not the stage.

I wasn't a babe in the woods. I'd watched a lot of stars, from James Dean to Brando, and I'd seen everybody alive work at MGM. I had a certain old-timer's quality, even though I was young and new, and drew on what I believed before I made it.

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.

Everybody's old enough for a beer, ain't that right, Mule?

I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.