I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.'

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.

If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity.

You might as well aim high. Why shoot yourself in the foot when you can shoot yourself in the head?

My plan has always been to return to Broadway every 50 years.

I played comedies and dramas.

There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.