“There are two types of films – one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff made by some producers who make films for the heck of it, they complete their films for small amounts, sell it at low costs with almost no publicity.”

I have had 50 drinks in one go!

Abroad, they have covered pretty much all subjects, explored every possibility, every twist. So similarities between ideas you have and those filmed abroad are quite possible.

I don’t see the risk, I enjoy performing stunts, and I don’t get scared.

The difference being that in films, unlike in life, good does always win over evil in the end.

To make a film and to sell it to the distributors you need a name.

It gets tiring, doing the same thing everyday.

Today I divide my day between being actor, producer and distributor, and the monotony is broken.

Now, I take my fees in cash, for acting, and keep the distribution thing separate.

You get an image after you act in a film, but it is not necessary that you last long because of that image.

By getting into distribution and production, I am actually widening my base.

If the producer gives me a guarantee that he will sell the film at a lower price to the distributors, fair enough, then I will charge less!

So it is fair enough that you are paying me what I ask for, because it is my name you are using to sell the film.

I guess the bottomline is, if there are two versions, then the better one will click.

Earlier, I used to charge territories instead of my fees as an actor, but I realised it was better to keep the two apart.

I never talk about my personal life. After these rumours, I definitely do not want to comment on anything.

I’m going to keep making films I believe in. Whether I am successful or not is besides the point.

If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it’s being true to their nature… that’s what takes a long time to learn.

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.

Before broadcasting for 50-some years, I did TV, played 10 years in the big leagues, won a world championship – and played a big part in that, too, letting the Cardinals inject me with hepatitis. Takes a big man to do that.

A fundamental American question is, ‘What’s the big idea?’

The 1960s was an era of big thoughts. And yet, amazingly, each of these thoughts could fit on a T-shirt.

The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas – fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.