I didn't know if it was an earthquake, I didn't know if it was a bomb. I came downstairs, and there's a car in the house and a kid in the house.

I seldom ever missed a Gary Cooper picture if I could manage to see it.

When the War ended in 1945, I started selling vacuum cleaners door to door. Then I sold insurance door to door. I even tried selling cars.

They became tv oriented, and tv became a medium where you did a whole lot more with a whole lot less, and you did it faster.

As a youngster I worked the river boats going down the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, pushing barges to Chicago, then all the way down to New Orleans.

People are surprised when I tell them that I didn't play football in high school with my size and strength.