Quotes

They can't censor the gleam in my eye.

I have a face like the behind of an elephant.

It's got so that every time I walk into a restaurant, I get not only soup but an impersonation of Captain Bligh.

Hollywood is a goofy place. But I like it. It's the perfect mummers' home. If one weren't a little mad one wouldn't be there.

[on Robert Mitchum] All the tough talk is blind. He's a literate, gracious, kind man and he speaks beautifully - when he wants to. Bob would make the best Macbeth of any actor living.

I have a face that would stop a sundial.

Method actors give you a photograph. Real actors give you an oil painting.

[on Gary Cooper] I knew in a flash Gary had something I should never have. It is something pure and he doesn't know it's there. In truth, that boy hasn't the least idea how well he acts.