Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.

I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight. If you can figure out my success on the screen you're a better man than I.

I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me

I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me

I was never trained for anything

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then