"I think I have always had a little humor."

"I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated."

"In the course of American history, great steps are taken by ordinary people, and ordinary people are not perfect."

"I don't think anybody should ever touch anybody in anger, ever."

"If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common."

"What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold."