Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know.

I consider myself a novice film actor.

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

The one constant in life is baseball

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.