I am learning to be more humble and giving as a person.

As an actor, it's your job to switch on and off from the character.

I was disappointed with 'My Friend Pinto.' Everyone put a lot of effort into it but the final product was something no one was ready for. The story was altered and a lot of scenes were edited. I got a lot of flak for my performance.

My favorite destinations include places in south of France, including Cannes.

After the Second World War, I returned to California to study composition with Darius Milhaud, who wrote wonderful works like 'Le Boeuf sur le Toit' and 'La Cretion du Monde.' I especially enjoy his work for two pianos, 'Scaramouche.'

They're out there, this appalling idea that there are companies that profit - not just profit but profit enormously - through war.

I left my job as a feature writer on a newspaper to write a book, then sent it off to a number of agents thinking they would all reject me. Within a week, most had come back to say they loved what they had read, which then led to a bidding war for my first two novels.

I just want to find some inner peace, and I think I'm getting there, slowly but surely.