Acting is a youthful profession.

I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.

When you get old the worst thing is you lose so many friends. Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne. People who I loved to work with.

Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?

I went to Hollywood to test for Martha Ivers and I thought I was going to play the part that Van Heflin played.But they wanted me to play the part of Barbara Stanwyck's husband, so I played that. Then when I finished the movie, I went back to Broadway and did another flop.

"Hail to the Chief" was played, and the President got up and made a gracious opening remark. "I've been in this office for six years, and yet every time I hear that music, I turn around wondering who they're playing it for."

All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor.