What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.

To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but it is bitter and unforgettable.

There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.

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

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've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.