The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else.

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.

As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.

I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.

I don't take art as seriously as politics.

The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.