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'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 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.

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 respect the opinions of others.

Prayer is an end to isolation. It is living our daily life with someone with him who alone can deliver us from solitude.

A sweet face oft hides a sinner's heart.

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.

I have fallen in love with all sorts of girls and I fully intend to go on doing so.

If you wear a hoodie but aren't registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.

Well, I love tattoos and have been drawing them on my binders in school since I was little.

She was so fat that her belly button makes an echo.

I also have experience working with American producer Roger Corman who knows a lot of secrets in making movies look bigger than their budget.