A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits.

The man who goes fishing gets something more than the fish he catches.

Life without emotions is like an engine without fuel.

The reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer.

Audiences will get just as tired of people wrestling on a bed as they did of Tom Mix kissing his horse.

the boys had learned that laughter stilled anxiety. It cleared away mystery. If you could laugh at something, it erased its importance.

There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor type. Get me a young Mary Astor. Who's Mary Astor?