Friends have asked how I came to engender this American antagonism. My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not a Communist I refused to fall in line by hating them. Secondly, I was opposed to the Committee on Un-American Activities - a dishonest phrase to begin with, elastic enough to wrap around the throat and strangle the voice of any American citizen whose honest opinion is a minority of one.

The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all.

My technique is the outcome of thinking for myself, of my own logic and approach; it is not borrowed from what others are doing.

In the end, everything is a gag.

I don't need interesting camera angles, I am interesting.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough

Nothing in life is permanent, not even one's troubles.