Vic Tayback

“I tell young actors to do anything that will sustain them.”

“If I walked into a restaurant, the other diners would look around and say, 'I hope you're not cooking.'”

“My character at 'Mel's diner' was involved in betting on the horses and all that.”

“Too many actors get on an ego trip and won't do commercials, so they sit around for 20 years between jobs.”