I never said, 'MMMmmm, you dirty rat!

Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life.

My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking.

Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. Those few words tell as much about me professionally as there is to tell.

Learn your lines… plant your feet… look the other actor in the eye… say the words… mean them.

My childhood was surrounded by trouble, illness, and my dad's alcoholism, but as I said, we just didn't have the time to be impressed by all those misfortunes. I have an idea that the Irish possess a built-in don't-give-a-damn that helps them through all the stress.

I`m sick of carrying guns and beating up women.