What life really is all about is happiness. It's not money, or stature, or the amount of cars you have in your driveway. Life, a really successful life, is one in which you are loved and love somebody else, or some other people.

I'm somebody who's really contributed to culture. Popular culture.

Sometimes it's good to miss a bus. It might be the wrong bus.

I'm lucky to be in this business. I'm very grateful.

My thoughts were to become a dentist when I first went to Albany State. I didn't know where I would end up, but I knew I'd be happy, and I knew I would have a nice life. That was always my goal, to have a nice, happy life. That's, to me, being rich.

In show business, you can't make a living. You can only make a fortune, but you can't make a living.

From 1980 to 1990, I shot more films than any other actor in the Screen Actors Guild, apart from Gene Hackman.