I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.

I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.

I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.

There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently.

Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too.