I do share with the lieutenant (Columbo) one very pronounced part of his personality - he loves to talk about his wife. You can't shut him up. I have the same problem. I can tell Shera stories till three in the morning. Shera is my wife.

I'm just looking to get through the day.

I came to Hollywood and nobody knew me. I was on a coupla TV shows.

If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original.

I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately.

The only mountain that I would still like to climb: I'd like to break 85.

You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on!