There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent.

The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person next to you was going to do.

There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event.

Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywood.