I don't need other people. I don't need help. I can take care of me.

When I knew nothing, I thought I could do anything.

We either accept weaknesses in good people or we have to tear pages out of the Bible.

Never use the money to measure wealth, son.

Not every successful man is a good father. But every good father is a successful man.

Everybody likes to win.

I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting.

I always told Hitch that it would have been better to put seats around the set and sell tickets.

I sort of got into Westerns... It was a sort of desperation move, really. I had several pictures that didn't go very well, and I just realised that I would have to try something else.

I lasted one night. They said my playing spoiled people's appetites.

When it came to kissing, Harlow was the best.

Mr. Hitchcock did not say actors are cattle. He said they should be treated like cattle.

It’s well done if you can do a part and not have the acting show.

After age 70, it's patch, patch, patch.

We all look the same with our helmets on.

Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight.

Champagne's funny stuff. I'm used to whiskey. Whiskey is a slap on the back, and champagne's a heavy mist before my eyes.

You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.

You must be oh-so smart, or oh-so pleasant. For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant... and you may quote me.