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

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me.

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

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

I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.

I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.