The emotion is the music and the script is the libretto.

I don't think I could stay interested for a couple of months in a character of mean motivation.

I never liked the name Eldred. Since nobody knew me in New York, I just changed to my middle name.

I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in.

Sorry, honey, but I haven't worn a nightgown in years.

I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.

Gregory Peck is the hottest thing in town. Some say he is a second Gary Cooper. Actually, he is the first Gregory Peck.

Overacting is a self-indulgence, while underacting comes either through a lack of talent or a lack of courage.

What did I do in high school? I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches.

What is wrong with keeping guns out of the hands of the wrong people?

I have tales to tell, but I don't tell them. Discretion. Discretion.

It just seems silly to me that something so right and simple has to be fought for at all.

Entertainment is all right, but entertainment with an idea behind it is much more important.

If you have to tell them who you are, you aren't anybody.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

Movies are terrifically optimistic enterprises.

I have a lot of trouble with scripts. I have a lot of trouble imagining things while I'm reading them.

There's an impression that actors make a lot of choices. I just take what's there.