Audiences are audiences.

An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or your approach to a role on the basis of what other actors have done. This kind of thinking is a great danger, especially in dealing with TV producers who frequently say things like, 'This is a Sean Connery type.'

By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.

I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.