"Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant."

"My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'"

"I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me."

"When people tell you how young you look, they are telling you how old you are."

"I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life."

"My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet."

"Work ethic has always been stressed in my family. My dad is going to be 80 years old and he still works part time. My mom just retired a couple years ago and she's in her mid- to late 70s."

"I had a very happy childhood, but I wasn't that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices. I think that's when your creativity is developed, when you're young. I liked the world of the imagination because it was an easy place to go to."