I think a performer should do his work and then shut up.

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.

Marilyn was terrible to work with. I was fond of her, she was a nice girl, but she was a damaged girl. She was very difficult. You couldn't get her on the set; she didn't know the words.

Mankiewicz was a brilliant director.

I felt pretty comfortable with Westerns, apart from the fact I couldn't ride.

John Ford was so funny that I couldn't wait to go to work in the morning.

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