Everything that has happened to me is of value to me. As painful as certain things are, and have been, and were, there`s a use for those things in my life and in my work.

You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, `Things happen for a reason`, there`s a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way.

Let`s say I`m playing a heavy. Most of the time I`m only using a sliver of what I am, a little piece. Sometimes the more you embellish that, the worse it can be. The part`s just not there.

And the 90% they are not is what I do for a living.

The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry.

I`ve always been interested in science fiction.

Just five years before that the Russians were our allies.

I always treat each take as a rehearsal for the next take. That way you can find stuff and keep adding and playing until they tell me to stop.

What I do best, what I`ve always done best, is act.

I`m very proud of Space 1999. Its success paved the way for other sci-fi shows to follow. My hope is that the DVD release will help it reach a new generation of fans.

I did theatrical caricatures.

The bottom line is a good actor can play many things.

Bad guys don`t think they`re bad guys. Hitler probably thought he was a wonderful guy doing some wonderful and righteous work for Germany.