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.

It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It's a severe and awesome truth

I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.

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.

Wonder is our need today, not information.