I'm always trying new things and learning new things. If there isn't anything more you can learn - go off and die.

When I was growing up, I didn't see me in the movies except in certain lesser roles. If it wasn't funny, I wasn't there. Then Sidney Poitier came along, and he wasn't funny. He was just good. There's me. So that was my pattern.

I find that if I hold your hand, it transfers an energy first. I have a sense of how you feel. That's important to me trying to become another person. I have a lot pressure to bring a character to life in any kind of real sense.

I'm making a great effort because sometimes life is not enjoyable. Sometimes it's painful and sometimes it's stressful, sometimes it's agonizing even, so I think once you get around those humps: strive for pleasure and peace.

The highest power is the human mind. That's where God came from and my belief in God is my belief in myself.

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

Acting means living, it's all I do.