My dad was good with actions.

There were many times when I kept silent about being Jewish as I got older, when Jewish jokes were told.

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.

And that works for me. So that if this is it, you better take it at its right proportion. That there are serious things, but most things are temporal and ephemeral, and you should cultivate that attitude. That joy and love and all the verities are what counts. So I try not to take too many things seriously, and if I find myself caught up in the seriousness of the moment, within a period of time, I'm able to cajole myself out of it.

My life is my statement and I try to be true to myself and thusly to other people. Whatever my failings are, they are human and I try to perfect it each day.

I'm interested in man's march into the unknown but to vomit in space is not my idea of a good time. Neither is a fiery crash with the vomit hovering over me.

But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love.