If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.

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

I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss.

Michael [Douglas] was just leaving the TV series The Streets of San Francisco and he said, 'Dad, let me try it.' I thought, 'Well, if I couldn't make it...' So, I gave it to him and he got the money, the director and the cast. The biggest disappointment for me, I always wanted to play McMurphy. They got a young actor, Jack Nicholson. I thought, 'Oh God. He will be terrible.' Then I saw the picture and, of course, he was great in it! That was my biggest disappointment that turned out to be one of the things I'm most proud of because my son Michael did it. I couldn't do it, but Michael did it.

If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.

My mother once said, "A beggar must always give to another beggar that's worse off than he is." That has always stuck with me.

Really a bad guy is more interesting, dramatically, than the good guy.