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.

Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all.

Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

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.

The learning process continues until the day you die.

I think that [Barack] Obama was elected because young people are starting to get interested in their country and I think that's a very healthy thing.