I'm 86 and my doctor used to tell me to slow down - at least he did until he dropped dead.

I should only have been as lucky as Valentino, in the movies - I didnt have to be a gigolo. In real life.

The Thin Man was a good break, because it was highly popular. I played a gigolo in it.

Bugsy Siegel. The mobster with the beautiful blue eyes.

They would glue the wig to the front of my forehead, and after a while it would give me a headache.

Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it.

In the future, all robots will act like Don Knotts.

Due to a big bust in Cuba, my father's business suffered badly, so I was free to choose my own career. I became a professional dancer, and I went on the road and started making real money.

Because of my age and because there's more work on the small screen. What it's missing in quality it makes up for in quantity. From an actor's selfish point of view.

I'm satisfied to go in at the bottom - that's the best way to learn what things are all about.

I can't date women my own age any more - I hate going to cemeteries.

I love books. I enjoyed reading.

nothing motivated a person quite as much as the desire for vengeance.

The miserable man was a man of that confined stolidity of mind that he could not discuss my prospects without having me before him.

When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.

When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth.

I have my whole life organized on an 11x17-inch tear-away weekly calendar.

Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough

When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players.

All of God's creatures have names, every last one of them. Of that I am sure: of that I have no doubt at all.

I'll probably never have children because I don't believe in touching people for any reason.