My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor.

A stroke is a very difficult thing. You get depressed. . . . What I found was this: the cure for depression is to think of others, to do for others. You can always find something to be grateful for.

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

I went to Hollywood to test for Martha Ivers and I thought I was going to play the part that Van Heflin played.But they wanted me to play the part of Barbara Stanwyck's husband, so I played that. Then when I finished the movie, I went back to Broadway and did another flop.

I have always been grateful that my Russian mother and father came to this country to give me a better chance, and I have had a better chance.

The older you get, the more awards you get. So, if you live long enough, then you get all the awards eventually.

Life is like a B-picture script! It is that corny. If I had my life story offered to me to film, I'd turn it down.