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" Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright. "

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" My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to Broadway and a friend of mine, Lauren Bacall, was in Hollywood filming with Humphrey Bogart. She told one of her producers I was great in my play, and he saw it and cast me in 'The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'. "

" It's tough to make a movie about movies... We're all too close to it. But 'The Bad and the Beautiful' was very good. "

" Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free. "

" Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. "

" Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe. "

" I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world. "

" Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all. "

" All my life, I have taken inventory at intervals. For example, when I became a movie actor and suddenly I had to deal with fame, money and playing so many roles, I lost myself. I said, 'Who am I?' And I wrote my first book to deal with that, 'The Ragman's Son.' "

" No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right. "

" When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back. "

" I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a cell phone. "

" In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail. "

" Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things. "

" I was living in a terrible time when people were being accused of being communists, and they attacked the movie industry, especially the writers. People couldn't work if they were on the blacklist. The studios banned them. It was the most onerous period in movie history. I don't think we have ever had a period so dark as that. "

" God bless Dad, he came to every one of my shows. I was bad, and I had horrible stage fright. My dad was so relieved - he'd say, 'You were terrible; this kid is not going to be an actor.' Finally, I did a play and he said, 'Son - you were really good.' "

" I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. "

" My four sons all knew I was a Jew, but they were allowed to be whatever they wanted to be. The only thing important to me was that they be good people who help other people, because all religion should try to make you a better person and a more caring person. Whenever religion does that for you, it's a good religion. "

" People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so great. But I don't think so. All I can say about the old days is that they have passed. "

" Cancer does give you a new rejuvenation. I know what it's like to be down. I lost a couple of good friends - Larry Hagman and Nick Ashford - who had the same type of cancer that I did, and that makes you think. "

" Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody. "

" Love has more depth as you get older. "

" I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up. "

" I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted. "

" I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6. "

" I studied Judaism a lot. I studied religion in general, and I have never imposed my Judaism on my kids. They are what they want to be. I think... you must care for others. That's the correct religion, I think. "

" What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder. "

" When I first came to Hollywood, the blacklist was just starting, and they were having hearings in Washington. What most people don't know is the judge of these hearings himself was later convicted of misappropriation. 'Spartacus' helped break the blacklist, because Spartacus was a real character. "

" When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important! "

" When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does. "

" I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism. "