I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.
When I finally made it to the set, I spent a lot of time doing damage control on The Magic Christian.
Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.
I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time.
The movements which I make I cannot possibly repress because, at the time, I am actually the idea I am interpreting, and naturally I picture my players and auditors as in accord with me. I know, of course, that my mannerisms have been widely discussed.
I was never jailed. The fact is that I was arrested, but I went into a diversion programme, and by that time I'd already begun working in what was called anger management. It was a painful and awful moment.
Being on the move all the time is draining, but the rewards make up for it.
Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I've gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative.
I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it.
Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
For the last year I've been at Stanford University as a student and I've had time to read the newspaper.
The funny thing about television is that once you start to do it you never get time to watch it.
To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt.
By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.