I Was Born A Character Actor.

I Can't Count How Many Of My Friends Are In The Cemetery At Normandy, The Heroes Are Still There, The Real Heroes.

I Would Rather Do A Play Because It's Instantaneous. You Go On The Stage, And You Know Whether It's Happening Or Not. Somebody Asked Me 'what Is Acting?' And I Said, 'acting Is Listening.' And If You Ain't Listening, Nobody's Listening.

Acting Is Ephemeral. You Can't Hang It On A Wall. You Can't Throw It Off. And You Can't Bring It Out Of A Closet. It's There One Night And It's Gone The Next, At Least With Stage Acting Anyhow.

Of Course, I'm Not Often The Top Dog, But Sometimes It's Better Not To Be Top Dog, Because You Last Longer. If A Movie Or Play Flops, You Always Blame The Lead. They Say, 'he Couldn't Carry It.' They Always Blame Him. But They Rarely Blame The Second Or Third Banana.

If I Had My Druthers, I Would Do Only Stage Work.