Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other actors work. That really helps you identify in life when someone is acting, not being true.

In talking to girls I could never remember the right sequence of things to say. I'd meet a girl and say, Hi, was it good for you too? If a girl spent the night, I'd wake up in the morning and then try to get her drunk.

I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... an Arctic region covered with ice.

I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea.

All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.

When someone less capable is ahead of me, I am not pleased. It makes me insane.

The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.