You know, Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to say, the great Texas playwright, that a lot of people from New York don't know what goes on beyond the South Jersey Shore.

When you dance tango fast, you have to think slow.

There's no smoking section in heaven.

I like the smell of toast. Coffee is okay, but I don't drink much coffee. But toast is a nice smell. You smell some toast coming from your kitchen in the morning, you know that you're involved in a domestic situation and the operation that's going on is pleasant.

We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter.

A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies.

I wanted to show that crime doesn't pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid punishment.