Audience response to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. back in the '60s - well, I was frankly surprised by the show's success and the attendant publicity for David and myself. |
I travelled to California when I was 18 and went to Los Angeles State College. |
You see, some non-Catholic friends of mine have questioned the depth of my faith because of the fact that I have a good education. |
I read Superman comics when I was a kid. |
I suppose you could sum up the religious aspects of my boyhood by saying it was a time of life when I was taught the difference between right and wrong as it specifically applied to Catholicism. |
I'm still very close friends with his first wife, Neile, who is now remarried. |
About 15 years later, I was given all 113 episodes on tape. |
The one they always forget is Brad Dexter. |
Man has always needed to believe in some form of a continuity of achievement. |
In the beginning, fear was the dominant motivating force. |
The world's philosophers and theologians searched for answers to the same mysteries. |
For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline. |
My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it. |
I went to college with James Coburn and Steve McQueen was a very good friend. |
By virtue of believing in a Supreme Being one embraces certain mysteries. |
Why do people embrace God? In my opinion, belief in God and an afterlife is a necessary extension of man's need to feel that this life does not end with what we call death. |
My belief in God is responsible for what I am... How can I refuse to talk about something which is so much a prt of my life both as a man and as a actor? |
I had never thought of my career as going in the direction that it did, as far as fan response was concerned. |
All I did was basically play myself in the role of Napoleon Solo. |
Of course, neither David or myself ever saw a penny from them; it was the early days of merchandising. |