Occupation: Actor Birth: February 28, 1923 Death: December 24, 2012
I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes..
Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard..
I was born looking older... and I've been aging since I was a teenager..
Sometimes you succeed and sometimes you don't..
I'd like to have a decade of my life back. I dropped into a void for almost a decade..
If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work..
Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's there one night and it's gone ….
You make the money in movies and TV so you can do theater. I do a play a year... somewhere..
I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acti….
In order for your dreams to come true, you've got to stay awake..
There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about..
I lack confidence as an actor..
I never turned down anything and never argued with any producer or director..
I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting..
You're out there on a high wire without a net, and that's the way actors operate. They have to be fearless about how they work and they have to creat….
That place that no one knows about - horrifying things we keep secret. A lot of that is released through acting..
Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blam….
There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for an….
I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country..
I was born a character actor..