One Of The Things I Like About

The Last Thing I Want Is To Be (in A Film Role) Is Obvious, Direct And Offensive.

While I Have Felt Lonely Many Times In My Life, The Oddest Feeling Of All Was After My Mother, Lucille, Died. My Father Had Already Died, But I Always Had Some Attachment To Our Big Family While She Was Alive. It Seems Strange To Say Now That I Felt So Lonely, Yet I Did.

Buddy Hackett [was] Talking - This Is Hackett, Not Me - About The Virgin Mary, A Limerick Sort Of Thing, And All These Children And Families ... The Look Of Absolute Horror. He's Going On And On And On, And Finally He Stops. It's Just Total Horror, And The Camera's Still Rolling. You Can Hear It, Sort Of A Grinding Noise. And The Director Says, "anything Else, Bud?"

The Human Condition Means That We Can Zone Out And Forget What The Hell We're Doing.

I'm Over The Oscar Thing. I Feel That If You Really Want An Oscar, You're In Trouble. It's Like Wanting To Be Married - You'll Take Anybody. If You Want The Oscar Really Badly, It Becomes A Naked Desire And Ambition. It Becomes Very Unattractive. I've Seen It.