Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.

If Hollywood didn't work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.

It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you're not. It's a sign of your worth sometimes, if you're hated by the right people.

Without discipline and detachment, an actor is an emotional slob, spilling his insides out. This abandonment is having an unfortunate vogue. It is tasteless, formless, absurd. Without containment there is no art. All this vomiting and wheezing and bursting at the seams is no more great acting than the convulsions of raving maniacs.

I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.

I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich and long, limp hair. You just have to be good to survive with that equipment.

It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.