Eli Wallach

I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945.

John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years.

I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.

I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.