[from a taped announcement concerning his having symptoms of Alzheimer's
disease] For an actor, there is no greater loss than the loss of his
audience. I can part the Red Sea, but I can't part with you, which is
why I won't exclude you from this stage in my life . . . For now, I'm
not changing anything. I'll insist on work when I can; the doctors will
insist on rest when I must. If you see a little less spring to my step,
if your name fails to leap to my lips, you'll know why. And if I tell
you a funny story for the second time, please laugh anyway.
