No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right.

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

I was going to play in First Blood, but I suggested to changing it and I dropped out. I said to [Silvester] Stallone, 'You know, I almost stopped you from making millions of dollars,' because in my suggestion, I killed his character at the end of the picture .

The first time I had got an offer to come to Hollywood, I turned it down. I said, "No, I'm an actor of the stage.

I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a cell phone.

Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about?

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