An actor needs something to stabilize his personality, something to nail down what he really is, not what he is currently pretending to be.

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

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

It's a good thing [James] Dean died when he did. If he'd lived, he'd never have been able to live up to the publicity.

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.

I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.

(On Bette Davis) Even when I was carrying a gun, she scared the be-jesus out of me.