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

I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.

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

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.

The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape place in it.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

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