Even in the days when they did Othello, you didn't necessarily have to be black to play Othello. You wore the makeup.

The face and the actor is great, but if you were to start out and you said, "my name is Humphrey" somebody would punch you out, because that's a stupid name to have.

I tried to make it a simple as possible for people so they could pronounce my name.

They sometimes beat things into the ground. They don't know when to get out of a situation. They think it's going to be funny....the more you pound the nail into the ground the funnier it gets and that's not necessarily true.

I have a good time watching Nick At Night with the old shows on there. I love to see I Love Lucy, although I've seen them many, many times. I think it's a security factor, it's like your blanket.

Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.

It makes you famous, you get money from it, you go on and do the best you can, but it really is dreadful that people don't know your name.