I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.

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

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

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

To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but it is bitter and unforgettable.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

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