“I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.”

“I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.”