I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him.

My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to Broadway and a friend of mine, Lauren Bacall, was in Hollywood filming with Humphrey Bogart. She told one of her producers I was great in my play, and he saw it and cast me in 'The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'.

I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor.

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