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.

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 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 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.

They thought depression was like bieng 'depressed'. They thought it was like being in a bad mood, only worse. Therefore, they tried to get him to snap out of it.

This book is about a salvation that takes place within our unknowing and dissatisfaction,

We do pray for mercy and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy.

I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.

I don't ever feel like I've had a moment where I am like, "There it is; perfect and holy in all ways."

The camera looks into your soul.

The law of nature gives a man the right to defend himself when he's attacked. And God's law itself gives a man the right to defend himself when he's attacked.

Imagine, if you will, that I am an idiot. Then, imagine that I am also a Congressman. But, alas, I repeat myself.

An intelligent woman is a woman with whom one can be as stupid as one wants.

Spirituality is a harmonious blend of outer silence and inner celebration; and also inner silence and outer celebration!