Occupation: Actor Birth: January 26, 1925 Death: September 26, 2008
I just hope when my body goes, or when my mind does, I have the guts to end it the way Hemingway did. I don't want anybody wiping drool off my chin..
Admit it. I'm the best you ever seen, Fats. I'm the best there is. And even if you beat me, I'm still the best..
Once I started taking drama classes, I asked myself why I had ever wasted so much time on a football team..
The Alexander Technique helped a long-standing back problem and to get a good night's sleep after many years of tossing and turning..
Almost everything I learned about being an actor came from those early years at the Actor's Studio..
No sense in being a grifter if it's the same as being a citizen..
You only grow when you are alone..
The only way we can give our children the best education in the world and prepare them for the next century is by funding the programs that serve the….
I started my career giving a clinic in bad acting in the film, "The Silver Chalice," and now I'm playing a crusty old man who's an animated automobil….
It's really important to be attentive to the people who have less - who are less fortunate than you are..
Being on President Nixon's enemies list was the highest single honor I've ever received. Who knows who's listening to me now and what government list….
I wasn't running toward the theater but running away from the sporting goods store. Of course now that I'm selling spaghetti sauce (with Newman's Own….
If you have no enemies, you have no character..
A lot of people have dreams and never do anything about them. When you have ideas and dreams, you do something about it..
A man with no enemies is a man with no character..
I'm a great believer in luck and the extraordinary role that plays in all of our lives..
The accusation is always on the first page, and the retraction on page 19..
I think transitions are never that noticeable, but they are always on their way. It has to do with distance and accessibility. People call it mellowi….
I certainly never expected to be a professional actor. I never expected to be in movies. I thought I would probably become a teacher..
If you don't have enemies, you don't have character..
A man without enemies is a man without character..