I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children.

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.

Faith. Trust. and Pixie Dust.

To some people, I am kind of a Merlin who takes lots of crazy chances, but rarely makes mistakes. I've made some bad ones, but fortunately, the successes have come along fast enough to cover up the mistakes. When you go to bat as many times as I do, and continually improve upon your mistakes, you're bound to get a good average.

Women are the best judges of anything we turn out. Their taste is very important. They are the theatergoers; they are the ones who drag the men in. If the women like it, to heck with the men.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.