40 quotes found
Actor · American · 1924–2004
American actor (1924–2004)
“I thank you for not snoring.”
“I don't mind that I'm fat. You still get the same money.”
“Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life.”
“An actor's a guy who if you ain't talking about him ain't listening.”
“Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.”
“There's a line in the picture where he (Johnny - The Wild One) snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.”
“With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes.”
“The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.”
“If there are two hundred people in a room and one of them doesn't like me I've got to get out.”
“An actor's a guy, who if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.”
“That scene. Let me see. There were seven takes because Rod Steiger couldn't stop crying. He's one of those actors who loves to cry. We did it over and over again.”
“Privacy is not something that I’m merely entitled to, it’s an absolute prerequisite.”
“When they laid down their arms, we murdered them. We lied to them. We cheated them out of their lands. We starved them into signing fraudulent agreements that we called treaties which we never kept...”
“I think awards in this country at this time are inappropriate to be received or given until the condition of the American Indian is drastically altered. If we are not our brother's keeper, at least...”
“Homosexuality is so much in fashion it no longer makes news. Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences and I am not ashamed. I have never paid much attention to what peopl...”
“Bertolucci is extraordinary in his ability to perceive, he's a poet...he is very easy to work for.”
“Chaplin you got to go with. Chaplin is a man whose talents is such that you have to gamble. First off, comedy is his backyard. He's a genius, a cinematic genius. A comedic talent without peer.”
“Kazan is a performer's director, the best director I ever worked with... Most actors don't get any help from directors. Emotional help, if you're playing an emotional part. Kazan is the only one I ...”
“Bob Hope will go to the opening of a phone booth in a gas station in Anaheim, providing they have a camera there and three people. He'll go to the opening of a market to receive an award. He'd get ...”