“A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I’ll tell you exactly where I’m going.”

English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.

You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.

Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.

The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this – a movie star will say, ‘How can I change the script to suit me?’ and a movie actor will say. ‘How can I change me to suit the script?’

I’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.

My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.

There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch.

A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.

I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.

For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.

To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.

There’s quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.

I was so poor for so long that I didn’t use anything. I didn’t drive cars, I didn’t eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I’ve been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven’t caught up with my youth.

I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.

I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.

Goals reflect your choice of destination.

The journey, I promise you, is the greatest thing ever. The destination always takes care of itself.

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.

Everything happening around me is very random. I am enjoying the phase, as the journey is far more enjoyable than the destination.

The importance of a journey is not measured by the distance covered, but by the destination reached.

It is your choice to either stay halfway through or to continue your journey once you start it, to reach that destination of the person you know you can be.

Written kisses don’t reach their destination, rather they are drunk on the way by the ghosts.

The path is the destination, and the destination is hidden in the path, as the Creator is hidden in creation.