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A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
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I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last.
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I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing.
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Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.
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What good will a tax break do me if I'm crippled for life?
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My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much.
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I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over again.
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Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.
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I was never trained for anything.
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As long as my pictures go into theaters and we ask people to pay to see what I do on the screen, I should not object if customers want to know what kind of man I am.
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It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have.
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If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.
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It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their money through the box office.
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Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.
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When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice.
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I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good.
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Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
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Strangers still leave me self-conscious.
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I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me.
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I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.
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Our children were trained to look after each other.
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I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white.
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I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else.
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I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.