Death's a path we're all on, son

Other actors like to rehearse on film-they like 30 or 40 takes. When you get an actor like that, it becomes difficult for me because I'm ready to quit after number two.

Most movies are made today for teenage boys. Once in a while a good one comes along.

Kazan was an old friend, I met him in 1938. He picked up radio jobs for eating money, so I met him on a couple of radio shows. Later on I was in a play he directed.

You have to compromise all the way. The only thing that counts is the result.

Many of my friends were blacklisted. America should be ashamed of it forever.

I loved Jack Ford. I got him in his later days, and he was a total tyrant and a total autocrat and an Irish drunk. But I had a great time.