You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.

To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.

Nobody did a campaign for me. I was nominated out of the blue and won out of the blue. So that was it.

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

I had been in that part of the world as a soldier in Korea, so I had been interested in Vietnam.

Sometimes, in a part, everything comes together.

No English director would've cast me as an officer, I promise you. Not one.