Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both..

Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail..

Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs..

I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same….

I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid..

Get between your kid and drugs, any way you can, if you want to save the kid's life..

The wages of pedantry is pain..

In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards..

Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man..

It's the character that is the strongest that God gives the most challenges to. Take your struggles as a compliment..

Nations have come under the control of haters and fools..

Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero..

I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job..

Nothing but the heart can change the heart..

It seems that entertainment is what most excites us and what we value above everything else..

Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed..

The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable..

Not all celebrities are dunces..

Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire..

We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show..

I've run into some S.O.B. directors, but I gave them back as good as I got..