Hal Linden

“I challenge myself everywhere, onstage, on the golf course. Hey, isn't that the point of it all? To keep getting better? Otherwise why do it?”

“I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I'd plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let's move on to something where I'm starting from scratch.”

“I hadn't really noticed that I had a hearing problem. I just thought most people had given up on speaking clearly.”