If I was good each week, my father would take me to a different pet store each Saturday. I had a snake, horny toads, turtles, lizards, rabbits, guinea pigs... I kept my alligator in the bathtub until it got too big.
The only honest reaction and true loyalty that we get is from our animals.
I may eat nine bowls of dog food, because eight isn't enough.
I've seen people that don't treat their animals well and yet their animals are still just as loving to them even though they're not treated that well. It's very hard to find that kind of loyalty and love and affection in human beings.
I love cats.
I've titled this book 'Eighty Is Not Enough' not just for the obvious play on words, but as a way of expressing the single idea that has governed my entire life, that every moment of life is precious, that every step we take is an adventure, that every day on earth is a gift from God.
For nearly eight decades, I've had the great fortune of playing thousands of roles before millions of people.
I've hit the Pick 6 for a hundred thousand a couple of times. A few more for 60, 70 thousand.
To be hungry must be awful.
I got what they called a diabetic stroke. Here's what it is, my left hand and my left leg. You know when your leg falls asleep? It's like that constantly. It's not painful, but it's so annoying. My leg is all tingly and my arm is all tingly.
People don't like to feed live mice and rats to their snakes. Now we have a regular meat food that they will eat. Ninety percent of the snakes will eat this food and love it.
We waited until we perfected the dog food, and then we worked on the cat food. Even though it's not going through the roof the way the dog food is, I think it will catch on eventually.
I look back with a mix of emotions: sadness for the people who are gone, nostalgia for times that have passed, but immense gratitude for the wonderful opportunities that came my way.
From the time I was 8 years old I was on almost every radio show there was.
I appreciate Eight is Enough. It made me recognizable.
I come from New York originally, but Californians have been wonderful about animals. These animals are so nice and so good and so sweet and intelligent. It's a crime not to help them.
I was a child actor in radio, and there's not many of us left.
I was in 27 Broadway plays, and three of them got the Pulitzer Prize.
I've probably had more jobs than any other actor living.
It was just an accident; I was never going to come out here.
