I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.

I love to see actors' work. I love to surf channels late at night and accidentally run into movies I hadn't seen before. It makes me very proud of the profession.

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied acting, which involved dance and fencing and speech classes and history of theater, all that.

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia.

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.

I found my voice in books.

The inclusiveness of the Drama League luncheon is one of the most exciting things about it. I get to see old friends and meet new friends. Of course I can't tell who anybody is if they're under the age of 75. So my old friends become my new friends.