I was a handsome boy, a very handsome young man, bright blue eyes, mmm. I would make trucks skid off the road. Anyway, girls were never a problem; the problem was me. But a lot of guys didn't like me because I made it look so easy, but it wasn't easy for me or anybody. When you're 24, it's not easy. You haven't reached anywhere that you want to be, so my looks helped me get in the movies, and I'm privileged that my parents came up with what I look like. What they did I'll never know and I don't care.

Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.

I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific.

I'm world famous, everywhere I go there are people who love me because of I've been able to bring them some joy from the movies I've made.

Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show affection for me.

My parents were Hungarian immigrants; my father was a tailor and we lived in the back of a tailor store. And that was my first inkling of what it was like to be raised in America. It had a profound effect on me - I saw different people coming in all the time with different attitudes and I liked it. And as I grew older, I found that I was able to use something inside of me to get some sympathy if I wanted it. I used to shine shoes, and I would use a waif-like look. I'd get a dime and I'd be as happy as could be.

I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day.