The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

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.

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

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

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

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