Every line, everything you do in life, should have a motive and a reason. Every one of us should have a motive and a reason, most of the time, to accomplish all the things that we want in life.

Burt Lancaster was a very powerful and intriguing person. That essence of what he was, is the very thing that you and I see on the screen when we watch him.

I look at everything in an artistic way.

Art is an emotional experience

Every movie I've been in has ended up on television.

When I was in bed with Marilyn Monroe, I was never sure before, during or after, where her mind was.

I can't sit around and wait for the telephone to ring.