 I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show. |
| I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise. |
| I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up. |
| I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends. |
| For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists. |
| You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual. |
| I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor. |
| I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood. |
| I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual. |
| Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting. |
| I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist. |
| I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique. |
| There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway. |
| The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end. |
| I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed. |
| I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. |
| The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate. |
| I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does. |
| A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do. |
| I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me. |
