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

I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, "Godfather I" and "Godfather II," and "Lonesome Dove".

Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review.

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.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

There's no right or wrong just truthful or untruthful.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.