Somebody had fired a shot at the President, and I had to get myself between the shooter and the President and Mrs. Kennedy. Nothing else mattered.

She is the most improved shooter since I have been here. She has quickened her shot up and she has worked hard on it obviously.

When I'm a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It's somebody else up there, an actor playing a role. I keep myself out of it.

President Kennedy was the greatest man I ever met, and the best friend I ever had.

Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.

To get a score like that really was a shot in the arm. It got everyone fired up.