Generally, I have to be able to get the lines out of my mouth without making a mistake before I go to sleep.

If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.

I'm an avid biography reader.

I try not to make plans. Because, even the best laid plans etc. etc.

Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing.

Timing is everything, as you know.

I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.

People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite

I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.

When I go to the old folks' home, I'm gonna be sitting in a rocking chair, telling everybody how I worked with Jack [Lemmon] and Walter [Matthau].

My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

Living for Christ is a day-to-day going on with Him. It is a continuous dependence upon the Spirit of God. It is believing in His faithfulness.

In Texas, if your name is Carlos, you're a Mexican. In Florida, you're a Cuban. In New York, you're a Puerto Rican. And I come here and I find out I'm an Eskimo.

[That] my body be buried as cheaply as possible and no speeches be permitted at my funeral.

I think husbands and wives should live in separate houses. If there's enough money, the children should live in a third.

The finished product is not finished when the actor is. The work is completed by a pair of shears.

Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.

The familiar changes as we cling to it.

The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule.

Go to the people Live among them Learn from them Love them Serve them Plan with them Start with what they know Build on what they have.