I Am Not, And Have Never Been,

I Do Prefer The Stage. It's Really The Granddaddy Of Them All.

No Heirloom Of Humankind Captures The Past As Do Art And Language.

As An Artist I Have An Even More Abiding Interest In The Compact Between The Arts And Government.

I Tried For A While To Be An Agricultural Worker And Was Hopelessly Bored. To Me It Was Meaningless. I Would Stand Around In Heaps Of Manure And Sings About The Beauty Of The Work I Wasn't Doing.

I Don't Speak Out Because I Am An Actor Nor Will I Keep Silent Because I Am An Actor. I Respect My Profession, But It Endows Me With No Special Privileges; But It Also Does Not Limit Me Or Muzzle Me. I Am A Person And A Citizen With The Attendant Responsibilities Of Voice And Vote.