When I made Spartacus during the McCarthy Era, we were losing our freedom. It was an awful, awful way. McCarthy saw Communists everywhere, in every level of government and they concentrated on Hollywood and especially on Hollywood writers.

Maybe there is no peace in this world. I don't know ... But I know as long as we live we must stay true to ourselves.

With John Wayne, we argued all the time and we made four pictures.

I was going to play in First Blood, but I suggested to changing it and I dropped out. I said to [Silvester] Stallone, 'You know, I almost stopped you from making millions of dollars,' because in my suggestion, I killed his character at the end of the picture .

Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all.

Love has more depth as you get older.

When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back.