Acting, I found, was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

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

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

The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.

The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.

Wonder is our need today, not information.

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.