The big studio era is from the coming of sound until 1950, until I came in ... I came in at a crux in film, which was the end of the studio era and the rise of filmmaking.

Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody — except bad people.

I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself.

Doing a picture with Willie Wyler is like getting the works at a Turkish bath. You damn near drown, but you come out smelling like a rose.

Sometimes, to be silent is to be most eloquent.

One way or another, if you're persistent, fortune always smiles on you.

Maybe it's good if God gives you something to think about every so often.