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A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
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I was never trained for anything.
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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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Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.
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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 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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What good will a tax break do me if I'm crippled for life?
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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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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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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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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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If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.
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Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.
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Our children were trained to look after each other.
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If I had my way, I'd do all my entertaining on the front steps.
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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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I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.
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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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It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have.
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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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Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
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I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good.