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

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.

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

I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.

I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made.

I've come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one's capacity - or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back off, fight your fight, pay your dues, and carry on. Effort is all; continue and you may get there despite everything.

I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.