Quotes

I've been in the Acting game off & on since 1968. I do it because I love it and because I enjoy it. Period. I'm still not exactly a household face or name, and I probably won't ever be nominated for an Oscar in this lifetime. So what. All I can say to any aspiring Actor is that I know what I know, which is as follows...Don't attempt to do Shakespeare, when you wouldn't even know how to play a piece of scenery. Get all the training and experience you can get by just DOING IT; meaning don't waste your career--your life--being a Classroom Actor. Be professional, be on time, know your lines, know when to enter and exit, and give your audience the best/most believable performance you can give. Above all, DON'T annoy your Director, Crew and fellow Actors by being a Diva or a Jackass; you're not THAT big yet, and you probably never will be. At the end of the day leave the job there, pick-up your marbles and go home. If you can get a paycheck out of it every now and then, you're doing better than 97% of your fellow Actors are.

There were about five times when I was nearly killed in Vietnam. It's only by the Grace of God that I'm here today.

After graduating High School in 1965, Vietnam was starting to heat-up. I was still 17, so I figured it would be at least a year or two before I got drafted. Wrong. I ended-up having to join the Army four months after graduation. I'd gotten into some trouble, and back in those days if you 'got into some trouble' you were given the choice of either joining the Army, or going to Jail. It was a no-brainer. I was a troubled kid heading down a bad road. Joining the Army probably saved my life.

As a kid, I was extremely blessed to have had some very good role models. The two that stand out the most in my mind -- and in my heart -- are Paul Speziale (my high school English teacher) and Andy Voto (a Police Officer).