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"I want to be remembered as a working actor. One who tried never to step on anybody's lines or upstage anybody. I wanted to not be getting in anybody's way. I didn't want to cost anybody any money - everything moved fast and you had to know your lines and you had to be there."

"Television can be a wonderful training ground, or it can be a wonderful career. It has been for me. It's all been one hell of a ride."

"'Kunta' is a universal icon of freedom. How much of an honor to have been the person to create that role.… in terms of [his] meaning to people all over the world."

"Being a good interviewer means that you listen to what the person is saying. You just don't go to the next question and you don't jump all over the guest. You let them be the star of whatever time they have with you."