that strange conflict in the American character: we pride ourselves on being the melting pot of the world but we insist on regarding most immigrants with suspicion.

I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act.

Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money.

I was going to live on my salary or go down swinging.

there are many ways to fail. Some reject success. And others do not recognize it when success comes.

I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's considerable rewards, I was hungry for most of those twenty years.

Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.