One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to college, Randy - and I were sitting out on the front porch. And he was brilliant. He ended up - he just retired from Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas.

Don't you try and go through life worried if someone had liked you or not. You best make sure that they are doing right by you.

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

I found my voice in books.

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

Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.

My voice is for hire. My endorsement is not for hire. I will do a voice-over, but I cannot endorse without making a different kind of commitment. My politics are very personal and subjective.