I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my life.

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

I had two roles for which I compromised.

Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.

My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.