I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better.

Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17

I still think of myself really as a New Yorker

Good work is good work wherever it's done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials

I don't know if kids still read it, I just know that for me - as a boarding school kid - the book had a lot of resonance. It was a well written book. I was honored to play a part in that movie version.

I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam

I used to a lot. I used to go dancing.