You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.

If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition

I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.

I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this.

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.

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