I made more lousy pictures than any actor in history.

the problems of three little people in a big world don't add up to much

The whole world is about three drinks behind.

Awards are meaningless for actors, unless they all play the same part.

An actor needs something to stabilize his personality, something to nail down what he really is, not what he is currently pretending to be.

Acting is experience with something sweet behind it.

I stick my neck out for *nobody*!

Ugarte: You despise me, don't you? Rick Blaine: If I gave you any thought I probably would.

I always cry at weddings, especially my own.

The only reason to make a million dollars in this business is to tell some fat producer to go to hell.

The only thing money is good for is to buy your freedom.

I let my drinking do the talking.

You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi.

I hate funerals. They aren't for the guy who's dead. They're for the guys who are left alive and enjoy mourning.

A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz.

Everybody has something to conceal.

The only good reason to have money is this: so that you can tell any SOB in the world to go to hell.

People who don't drink are afraid of revealing themselves.

All you owe the public is a good performance.