Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.

I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.

Acting, I found, was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

I've come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one's capacity - or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back off, fight your fight, pay your dues, and carry on. Effort is all; continue and you may get there despite everything.

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.