 And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done. |
| I never dreamed I would do Westerns. |
| What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest? |
| I always wanted to tell stories and act. |
| I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll. |
| I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945. |
| All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time. |
| The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes. |
| Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent. |
| I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda. |
| I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging. |
| This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country. |
| Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down. |
| My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own. |
| I was an original member of the Actors' Studio. |
| And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable. |
| Well, I've maybe gotten 200 requests for interviews about Marilyn, and I just decided I'm gonna do my own. |
| When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently. |
| John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years. |
| Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck. |
