It is at least worth arguing that there is a modicum of the creative novelist in all of us, and that this absorption with how men get out of difficulties, single-handedly and alone if possible, is the stuff of which we weave the warp and woof of our own better dramatic imaginings.

The only thing money is good for is to buy your freedom.

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

I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.

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

That's baseball, and it's my game. Y' know, you take your worries to the game, and you leave 'em there. You yell like crazy for your guys. It's good for your lungs, gives you a lift, and nobody calls the cops. Pretty girls, lots of 'em.

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