Well, Do A Good Day's Work And

I Am Proud Of Being A Southerner. I Wasn't About To Let Southerners On My Show Be Stupid Or Aw-shuckses Who Just Sit On The Front Porch And Spit In The Yard. I Wasn't About To Do That, And I Made That Very Clear From The Start. I Was Kind Of The Gate-keeper On That Stuff.

I Am Proud Of My Connections To Carolina And Pleased To Know That Some Results From A Lifetime Of Work On Television, Film, Stage And Recordings Will Have A Permanent Home In Chapel Hill.

When A Man Carries A Gun All The Time, The Respect He Thinks He's Getting Might Really Be Fear. So I Don't Carry A Gun Because I Don't Want The People Of Mayberry To Fear A Gun. I'd Rather They Respect Me.

If You Think And Feel What You're Supposed To Think And Feel, Hard Enough, It'll Come Out Through Your Eyes - And The Camera Will See It.

Whether A Man Is Guilty Or Innocent, We Have To Find That Out By Due Process Of Law.