If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like.

I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.

I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people.

I think people have some control over what they want; there's a relationship - maybe not automatic - between what you want and get.

I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.

We're paid to care. That's what actors get their money for. But the main goal is not for the actors to be frustrated at the end of the show, but for the audience to be throwing their shoes at the television set. That's what we're trying for.

I don't like driving much.