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" An actor can grow stale in a bad part. Actors grow stale, generally, because there's no demand on them. "

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" As far as 'St. Elsewhere' goes, I just loved that show. "

" We in New York were very poor in the depths of the Depression - but I must say, that was the best time of my life. "

" The Jews are an artistic people. It's clear from the music, the actors, the writers. They are just artists. In the early part of the 20th century, when they first came over, they had no money, but they still went to theater. The theater and education were the two biggest things in their lives. "

" I eat meat, poultry and fish in proper proportion - nothing to excess. "

" People get ideas of how to live or not to live from what you do on television. "

" I loved 'Modern Family!' It was sort of the precursor to 'Trainwreck,' to that character. But I loved it. I had a great time doing it. "

" I think if you allow yourself to mope and feel sorry for yourself, it can take years off your life. "

" I was in my second year at NYU. I knew what I wanted to do, and I just walked out of college. So, from the age of 17, I've been able to do what I wanted, and that makes for a kind of contentment, a fairly pleasant demeanor. "

" There were little Charlie Chaplins that you would wind up, and they would walk. I remember vividly. I was sitting in the high chair with the little tray in front of me. My parents would wind it up, and it would walk to me. "

" The Depression was remarkable because you had nothing, and the salaries, when you got a job, were very small. But you could do anything. You see, a donut was ten cents. A cup of coffee was a nickel. That was lunch, with an apple. And I would be playing a lead on a Broadway show on that kind of diet. "

" I used to watch Babe Ruth for 50 cents. Now, baseball tickets are $400! "

" I'm a pure spirit, ha ha ha! "

" I very much admired Lancaster. George Clooney reminds me of him today. Not all the macho, swinging around that Burt used to do, but the courage. You know where you stand with men like that. "

" I have never had a better working experience than 'St. Elsewhere.' It's a supreme show. "

" You know I've never worked without a script before, but with Apatow, it's all improvisation. He calls out a premise, and you have to adapt. "

" You were taught how to do the things you needed to do. Dance, speech, fencing. They groomed people. If you were in a film, and the script wasn't working for you, they brought in screenwriters and fixed the scripts. "

" Peter Weir is remarkable. He can do anything. "

" If you're in the groove, you get something back from the audience that is so exciting and rewarding that no film or television work can possibly compete. "

" My family were Conservative Jews. My parents were both born in this country, but my father grew up on the Lower East Side, and my mother was born and raised in Harlem when there was a large Jewish 'colony' there. Eventually, they moved to Jersey City to get away from New York. "

" There's a conflict between what's in your mind and what's in your body. "

" I was clearly brought into the whole thing about acting by my mother. She loved the theater. She had a very pleasant singing voice, which she used to sing for her ladies' club. "

" If I go to England, they know I'm not an Englishman, but most Americans think I'm English. "

" With Hitchcock, you work with a script, and you stick to it. "

" I think Obama is going to go down as one of our greatest presidents because what this guy has done and has tried to do, and over the kind of opposition that I don't know if Lincoln had, except he had to go to war. This speaks so brilliantly of Obama and the way he conducts himself. I think he is already one of our greatest presidents. "

" I'm very fond of Amy Schumer. I think she's terrific, an enormous talent. "

" I was playing good tennis up until 100. "

" The writing was vastly superior to almost anything that was on the air. It's one of the great shows. It was an important show... 'St. Elsewhere' was one of the great shows in the history of television. "

" I loved working with Renoir on 'The Southerner.' Oh, I loved it! I particularly loved when he had a scene with a cow going through a garden, and he wanted a little dog to come and bark at it and chase it out. "

" Renoir had a strong feeling about his fellow soldiers. He'd never disrespect them by putting the war down. "

" I always felt it was necessary to keep up some kind of communication with other people. "