You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.

There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway.

I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show.

It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It's a severe and awesome truth

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.

The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.