I saw John Garfield smoke. He was my idol, so I smoked. I even smoked like him.

- Jack Klugman

I know know why ... if something not broke, don't fix it. Twelve Angry Men was the perfect movie. The cast was just the best cast you could possibly …

- Jack Klugman

Walter Matthau made all the big money and he was wonderful as Oscar Madison on the stage. You couldn't beat him. I know because I replaced him on Bro…

- Jack Klugman

Acting became my best friend. When I auditioned to get into college, the teacher said you belong here, Mr. Klugman, and to hear that word belong - I …

- Jack Klugman

There was no sacrifice in acting for me, even when I was starving in New York. I went three days without eating. Charlie Bronson and I sold blood for…

- Jack Klugman

Fred Silverman, the head of ABC, he offered me a lot of comedy series but I told him I'd already been the best comedy series around, "The Odd Couple,…

- Jack Klugman

We learned out craft. Acting is a craft and you must learn it. I see a lot of talent today in the kids but they don't know how to work. They don't kn…

- Jack Klugman

Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot.

- Jack Klugman

I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg.

- Jack Klugman