I'm from Middlesboro, Ky., a little town on the Tennessee and Virginia border.

For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work.

I've had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn't get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an even better role.

Even when I was young, playing college football, and I injured my knee, I bounced right back.

I just turned 66, and I'm starting to work again.

I have done a series in the '60s, '70s and '80s.

So it's like starting over again, but I look forward to the challenge.