You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope.

We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes what we say is objectionable to other people. But that is part of a free society.

We don’t have truth delivered to us very often, especially in this very commercialized world.

I’ve had a very full career in the theater, on stage, in films and on television.

There’s no good guys and bad guys.

I think I may drop dead on the stage someday. I hate to think of it. But it’s getting tough on me, the travel. The show, I somehow manage to rise up to it, you know. But I have no desire to retire.

Please don’t refer to me as “channeling Mark Twain.” I’m an actor. Not a channeler. That word is an iPhone shortcut. Acting is more eloquent than that.

I don’t have a director. The audience directs me.

Success is no longer content. It’s how it sells.

I don’t play golf. Mark Twain is golf to me.