Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.

I think making a good film shot is joyful.

When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director.

It was the early 1970s and I was recently divorced. I had three kids and was totally broke. I managed to find work back east on the straw-hat circuit - summer stock - but couldn't afford hotels, so I lived out of the back of my truck, under a hard shell.

The more powerful the villain is the more powerful the hero.