I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest.

I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.

I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am.

The camera is more than a recorder, it's a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their most private and concealed thoughts.

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

For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.

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