I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on.

The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.

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

I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.

Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.

Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.