There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It’s called procreation, and it is reborn, continually and forever.
My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.
I’m a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.
We need to continually look within ourselves. Contemplate our inner being and find our own unique voice and then learn to heed it and we will then have the life experience we deserve.
Questions about acting are difficult.
At 200 pounds, with a 17-inch neck, a resting pulse of 78, a bench press of 200 pounds, I was very much indeed a normal, All-American male. I carried my sickness within.
From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life.
In their arrogance, ABC wanted a number-one show. They wouldnt accept losing that time slot.
From Maya Angelou I began to believe that I, too, someday, could be a writer, and I also learned how tortuous it can be to be in possession of a unique voice.
I write from my imagination, not from what I’ve read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about.
The space genre is timeless.
I never get involved with the ladies I work with.
I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything of length.
Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that’s another discussion entirely.
Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended up being the biggest film star in the history of cinema.
Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that 90 percent of all actors really just want to be rich and famous as the solution to all that ails.
Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.