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

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

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

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've come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one's capacity - or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back off, fight your fight, pay your dues, and carry on. Effort is all; continue and you may get there despite everything.

There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway.

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