There ain't never a horse that never been rode; there ain't never a rider that can't be thrown.

The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community.

It’s literally true, as Shakespeare said--all the world’s a stage. It wasn’t that way when I first got into the movies in 1924, but it is now. That’s why I find Hollywood newer and more exciting every day. Whatever you hear it’s still a place where a kid from Montana can jump on a horse, ride that-a-way, and keep right on going.

People ask me how come you've been around so long. Well, it's through playing the part of Mr Average Joe American.

In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.

This is a terrible place to spend your life in. Nobody in Hollywood is normal. Absolutely nobody. And they have such a vicious attitude toward one another. They say much worse things about each other than outsiders say about them, and nobody has any real friends.

No mistake, I shall regret the absence of your keen mind; unfortunately, it is inseparable from an extremely disturbing body.