I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it.

I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.

I joined the Communist Party late in the summer of 1934. I got out a year and a half later.