I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!
Movies mirror the times, they do not create them.
Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.
I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first.
Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.
By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention.