I may be getting old, but not foolish.

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.

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

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

I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed.

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

For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.