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" 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. "

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" 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.' "

" 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'. "

" 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. "

" I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting. "

" I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him. "

" Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive. "

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" 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. "

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" If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married. "

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