Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.

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

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

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.

I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

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