I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed.

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

If you really want to become an actor, but only providing that acting doesn't interfere with your golf game, political ambitions and your life, you don't want to become an actor. Not only is acting more than a part time job, it's more than a full time job. It's a full time obsession.

My view is that you should always remake failures because then you've got nowhere to go but up.

There is no point in competing with young talent...I just concentrate on getting better each day.

The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to suit me?' and a movie actor will say. 'How can I change me to suit the script?'

Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.