A scientist sounds like a scientist because the things that come out of their mouth don't stumble, that's all. If they [said], "And the, um, a microwave, uh," you know, then you don't sound right, but if you can just get it out without stumbling then you're going to sound fine.

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

Race seems to me to be less and less a subject worth discussing.

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

I'm not a comedian. I don't make things funny if they're not funny. I don't invent funny stuff.

It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help.

And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.