The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.

I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.

I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.

Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.

You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.

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

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.