My favorite decade of cinema would be kind of the '40s, yeah. I like things in the '30s, but you know, the sound recording in the '30s wasn't very good. But for some reason the movies in the '40s have the best personalities: Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Betty Grable, Gene Tierney, and all those people. For some reason, I seem to gravitate more toward the '40s, and I don't necessarily know why. I just love the people.
Robert OsborneI always knew I was going to be successful in some way with films. I don't know why. I had no particular talent, but I always knew I was going to be sitting in a dining room with Lucille Ball and at a cocktail party with Bette Davis.
Robert OsborneI can't imagine any one more delightful to sit and talk with about movies on a regular basis.
Robert OsborneThere are not that many people in the movies today that really make me go out and buy a movie ticket.
Robert OsborneThereโs something about Olivia de Havilland that has always set her apart from other actresses. Maybe itโs the combination of warmth, sensitivity and intelligence she conveys, or the way her good looks have always been further enhanced by the ever-present twinkle in her eyes or the wisdom you sense behind those orbs.
Robert Osborne