My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The only one I found was Van Johnson, who wasn't too cool. He was a nice, homely American boy. So I created my own image. It worked.

In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as though he were.

When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.

In real life, I'm afraid of heights - and people who get moral convictions... Adolf Hitler in London.

As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don't have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it's a nightmare. So, I like film - nice short takes.

When you're a movie star and you're young, you are always playing someone who's a better fighter, a better lover, a better everything than you.

You don't sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.