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"[Regarding 'Amos 'N' Andy'] I thought I had to do the best with what I had. If I didn't take those roles, you wouldn't have black theater. We would have had no Sidney Poitier, we would have nobody. I took the money I earned from the show and built the first and longest lasting black theater in America."

"I had offers from Warner Brothers and Viacom to distribute 'Three's Company' in syndication, but I said 'No, I'd rather do it myself.' I said no to $10 or $15 million. Then the first deal I made was for $70 million."

"I loved being an agent, going into a room and negotiating a contract with fifteen men... It was a very exciting challenge. I'd grown up with an adoring father who thought I could do anything. I had a big advantage that I always felt very free in the male world. Very confident."

"A set should never detract from or be a point of attention over the acting, the people, or the story."