"In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a bum." "It doesn't make a difference as long as I'm a person in the world." - when asked about his ethnicity "I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead." "They said all I was good for was playing Indians." [speaking in the 1980s] "I don't see many men today. I see a lot of guys running around on television with small waists, but I don't see many men." "I never satisfied that kid [referring to himself], but I think he and I have made a deal now. It's like climbing a mountain. I didn't take him up Mount Everest, but I took him up Mount Whitney. And I think that's not bad." "I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame."