The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal or his mother or his wife or God, to give him that confidence. He's got to have some inner standards worth fighting for or there won't be any way to bring him into conflict. And he must be ready to choose death before dishonor without making too much song and dance about it. That's all there is to it.

I'm no actor and I never have been. What people see on the screen is me.

They see me as an ordinary guy, like a construction worker or the guy who delivers your piano.

I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.

Every picture I make, every experience of my private life, every lesson I learn are the keys to my future. And I have faith in it.

When the public doesn't want me any longer, I'll quit.

Single men never have any problems. I suppose that the public builds some kind of idea from what they've seen of me on the screen.