An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.

Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.

Motion-picture studio floors used to be all wooden and not smooth at all. This was difficult when moving a camera around on a dolly.

Making a television show is not like making Coca-Cola or Bacardi rum. The human element in our business prevents us from finding a successful formula every time.

Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

I could have stayed home and been kept by my wife.

A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.

Faith is why I'm here today and faith is why I made it through.

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.

I think the most well-adjusted people live in the present with an eye toward the future - I'm not among those.

Monsters work seven days a week and don't take vacations.

For those whom God to ruin has design'd, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.

I like to do designs on the side of my face, or cut out foil stickers from the crafts store and put them on my forehead.

Men tire themselves in the pursuit of sleep.

He who atones for sins never calculates; he pours out the whole essence of his contrite heart.

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell; I know right now you can't tell; But stay a while and maybe then you'll see; A different side of me

The artist and the fundamentalist both confront the same issue, the mystery of their existence as individuals.