If any child of mine becomes an actor I will turn in my grave.

To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.

When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

I don't want a lot of strangers looking down at my wrinkles and my big fat belly when I'm dead.

When the public doesn't want me any longer, I'll quit.

Method actors are like hams.

They see me as an ordinary guy, like a construction worker or the guy who delivers your piano.

Clark Gable was the only real he-man I've ever known, of all the actors I've met.

Working with Marilyn Monroe on The Misfits (1961) nearly gave me a heart attack. I have never been happier when a film ended.

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Every picture I make, every experience of my private life, every lesson I learn are the keys to my future. And I have faith in it.

I bring to a role everything I am, was and hope to be.

The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great - and they know I know it.

Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have had no time to go fishing.

I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.

It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with.