I Was Always A Self-conscious Person.

The Real Challenge Is Not Simply To Survive. Hell, Anyone Can Do That. It’s To Survive As Yourself, Undiminished.

There Aren't Many Male Stars - That's A Loose Term - Like Kirk [douglas] Around. Most Of Those Virile Personalities Have To Keep Working, Continue The Image Because They Can't Do Anything Else. They Don't Even Read. Their Real Identity Is In Making Those Pictures. They Have To Keep Jumping On Horses And Hitting Somebody On The Head With A Gun.

Every Fighter Has One Fight That Makes Or Breaks Him.

I Was An Outsider... But I Was Also Sympathetic With People That Were Struggling To Get Up, Because I Struggled To Get Up.

I Was Not What You'd Call A First-class Actor, But I Did All Right.