I got my first job as a card-carrying actor in New York in 1967. Before that, I was a very desperate wannabe.

I can remember when I first got to los Angeles . I didn't have a car, I didn't have any money. I was walking the streets, you know, trying to get from place to place on foot almost. Sometimes, you know, you say, how am I ever going to get from here to there? There are a lot of people still having that dream and not being able to get there. So you never know. The idea is to keep on tap dancing, though.

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.

I was very lucky once I got started with a career. I happened to get some really good parts to play with some really good people to play with.

I've travelled a lot, but I am essentially American. All my input has been American.

Doing comedy is as easy as doing anything else. You're dependent totally on the material.

And finding the hat, I always like to find the hat. And then props just dress the set. It's all fabulous.