I grew up in California, which was not - at least in the '50s and '60s - a cultural oasis by any means. Certainly not Orange County, anyway.

I'm not a big comic fan and I'm not a big fan of comic movies.

Lyndon Johnson may have escalated the war, but when I was drafted and shipped off to Vietnam, the signature on my orders was Nixon's.

I was the adoring son of a Welsh-Irish father, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, a Catholic Knight of Columbus who was a blue-collar, trade union organizer and, not surprisingly, a fervid Nixon-hater.

I actually acted onstage before I'd ever seen a live performance, and I loved it.

And I'm a Catholic, from an Irish Catholic family, and we know plenty of stuff about guilt.

My first presidential primary vote was for Bobby Kennedy.

In film roles, I play a lot of heavies and a lot of bad guys, so I tend to be the jokester and the good-time Charlie on the set.

Among the roles Ive played on stage, television and in films were politicos as diverse as Abe Lincoln, Juan Peron, Herman Goering, George Wallace and both Roosevelts.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

Love is as clear as water from a pitcher.

Try not to say "I have" unless it’s not bought by the money. If materialism is a blessing would have not been sold out in streets

Make love to melike you know I am better than the worst thing I ever did.

I really love doing yoga. My main ritual is yoga. I do A LOT of yoga

Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness?

My first girlfriend, when I was about 18, was a fashion designer, and my sister was a fashion designer as well. I've always been into shopping, and I've always been very aesthetic, in a sense.

This is why I can't be with Levi. Because I'm the kind of girl who fantasizes about being trapped in a library overnight-and Levi can't even read.

Hate to sound sleazy, but tease me, I don't want it if it's that easy

When you're ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit.