Acting, I started when I was six and a half years-old, on Broadway with Kurt Weill.

I don't want to find myself ever locked into what people think I should think or do. In my art, and acting, I have a universal vision of things, an international vision. Bigger and broader and beyond. 'Bigger than life' is always on my mind.

I think that Kurt (Warner) had a solid first half,

Broadway! Broad-way! I don't aspire to the middle. I aspire to the tip-tip-top of it all.

Right before 'Brian's Song' there was a period when I was very despondent, broke, depressed; my first marriage was on the rocks. The role of Gale Sayers had been cast with Lou Gossett, and then he hurt himself playing basketball. I was called in to read for the role. I was their last choice, and I knew it.

I think I'm a good father. As a parent, you have the responsibility to create a foundation for your children so that they can meet all the challenges.