Carroll O'Connor

One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made. ”

I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real. ”

Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome. ”

It seems that entertainment is what most excites us and what we value above everything else. ”

Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire. ”

I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over? ”

Even a true artist does not always produce art. ”

All in the Family was intellectual; it was art. ”

Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women. ”