(on Katharine Hepburn) She talks at you as though you were a microphone; she lectured the hell out of me on temperance and the evils of drink. She doesn't give a damn how she looks. I don't think she tries to be a character. I think she is one.

(on Warner Brothers) This studio has more suspensions than the Golden Gate Bridge.

I hate funerals. They aren't for the guy who's dead. They're for the guys who are left alive and enjoy mourning.

Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains!

Ah, nuts. I'm an actor. I just do what comes naturally.

The only way to find the best actor would be to let everybody play Hamlet and let the best man win.

I let my drinking do the talking.