I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.

Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.

Motion-picture studio floors used to be all wooden and not smooth at all. This was difficult when moving a camera around on a dolly.

An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.

Making a television show is not like making Coca-Cola or Bacardi rum. The human element in our business prevents us from finding a successful formula every time.

Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

I could have stayed home and been kept by my wife.

A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.

The assumption that the gospel can be reduced to a note card is already off on the wrong track.

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

In every artist there is poetry. In every human being there is the poetic element. We know, we feel, we believe.

So I have been careful about where I go and who I hang out with because if you tell someone the wrong thing, then it's everywhere.

The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of sin.

Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.

I'm not the No. 1 starter. I'm not the guy that's going to carry the staff for four months out of the season, but I can contribute in a lot of ways. And to me I'm very proud of that.

When a candidate walks away from a reality show, that's when you know they're serious about being president of the United States.

Freddie Bryant is a brilliant young guitarist and composer.

before the gate -- my walking stick's made a river of melting snow