Michael [Douglas] is, I think, a great actor. He's made some very interesting pictures. When he was going to college, I was very proud of him, but when he said, 'Dad, I want to be in a play,' he had a bit part. I went to see it and Michael said, 'Dad, how was I?' I said, 'You were terrible.' I thought he would go on to be a lawyer and in three months, he was in another play and I went and, I must admit, he was great. I think he has been good in everything he's done.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive

Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things.

Know what a loner is? He's a born cripple. He's a cripple because the only person he can live with is himself. It's his life, the way he wants to live. It's all for him.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

You have not learned to live until you have learned to give