Quotes

Story telling is a marvelous recess for the human race. Back in the Stone Age there was some guy sitting on a rock telling stories. I'm that guy sitting on the rock.

I had no intention of becoming an actor. I took a senior drama class, because it was a snap course and I needed the credit for my English requirement.

Four years as a freelance actor was the most rewarding experience I've ever had. I had a chance to play all kinds of roles that helped me grow as an actor.

About Claudette Colbert: I was just out of high school, seventeen years old and scared as hell. Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) was my first picture, and playing Claudette's son was the break of my life. Of course I was green and awkward, and I know she sensed my hesitancies and doubts. I always felt that in the complicated scenes I had to do with her that she was playing back specially to me, her eyes willing ease and encouragement. I know I played off her eyes, often. Claudette was a woman of great dignity, and for all her warmth, had a kind of charming reserve.