Having to work hard never had any real appeal for me, and that may have some connection with me being in the movies.

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.

Please make sure everyone knows how much their messages mean to me. They have added greatly to my peace of mind. I only wish some of the writers would take a more positive approach to the menace of cancer. I've got it, sure; but I'm not afraid to use the word. Some of them act like it's a dirty word. That's the wrong attitude. We should all bring it out in the open, recognize that it exists, and fight it! Cancer is everybody's enemy. We can't 'think' an enemy out of existence by ignoring it.

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

Having to work hard never had any real appeal for me, and that may have some connection with me being in the movies.

People all say that I've had a bad break. But today... today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.

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