I'm A Real Pushover For Animals.

I Totally Related To Cole Porter's Magnetic Pull To Any Piano That Was In The Room, Which He Was Famous For Doing, As Was Gershwin. You Couldn't Drag Them Away From A Piano.

I See A Steady Downward Slope Toward Oblivion Over The Next Three Years. I'm Pessimistic. Everything That's Happened To Me So Far Has Been Kind Of Flukey. I Went Into Twentieth Century Because I Wanted To Work For Hal Prince. The Part Was Too Small According To My Agent. I Had Been Doing Only Leading Parts, And He Thought I Should Continue That. But The Part Was Enlarged In Rehearsal: Songs Were Added, And It Became More Physicalized And Showy. Then I Won Awards And Got Attention.

Most Of The Comedies I've Done Have Been Rather Farcical And Extravagant.

I Think Every American Actor Wants To Be A Movie Star. But I Never Wanted To Do Stupid Movies, I Wanted To Do Films. I Vowed I Would Never Do A Commercial, Nor Would I Do A Soap Opera - Both Of Which I Did As Soon As I Left The Acting Company And Was Starving.

I Can Play Characters Who Sing, But I Don't Like Singing In A Nightclub Or Something. It's Not My Metier.