When Asked In His Late 90s If

Being An Actor Is Easy, Just Picture Someone In A Room And You Outside Waiting For Your Cue To Go In. Elliot Gould's Been Trying That For Forty Years.

Fall In Love With What You're Going To Do For A Living. To Be Able To Get Out Of Bed And Do What You Love To Do For The Rest Of The Day Is Beyond Words. I'd Rather Be A Failure In Something I Love Than Be Successful In Something I Hate.

I Did Go To School - My Kind Of School. When I Was A Kid I Went Out ... And You Meet People. You Talk To Them. Anybody Says Something That Makes Sense, It Stays With You, Rubs Off On You. That Kind Of School.

Be Quick To Learn And Wise To Know.

I'd Rather Be A Flop At Show Business Than To Be A Success At Something I Didn't Like.