I’m a greedy old man. Life’s been good to me, and I want some more of it.
The West – the very words go straight to that place of the heart where Americans feel the spirit of pride in their western heritage – the triumph of personal courage over any obstacle, whether nature or man.
I don’t have to assert my virility. I think my career has shown that I’m not exactly a pantywaist. But I do take pride in my work, even to the point of being the first one on the set in the morning. I’m a professional.
It’s kind of a sad thing when a normal love of country makes you a super patriot. I do think we have a pretty wonderful country, and I thank God that He chose me to live here.
Let’s say I hope that I appeal to the more carefree times in a person’s life rather than to his reasoning adulthood. I’d just like to be an image that reminds someone of joy rather than of the problems of the world.
My main object in making a motion picture is entertainment. If at the same time I can strike a blow for liberty, then I’ll stick one in.
I drink for comradeship, and when I drink for comradeship, I don’t bother to keep count.
Cause even grown men need understanding.
Jesus Christ! I would crawl over the mountains of Beverly Hills on my hands and knees if I could do a movie with Doris Day!
Life is tough, but if you are stupid, it’s a lot tougher.
I’m sure we can talk things out like civilized people.
I eat as much as I ever did, I drink more than I should, and my sex life is none of your goddamned business.
Men forget everything; women remember everything.
I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
That’s why men need instant replays in sports. They’ve already forgotten what happened.
If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.
Oscar and I have something in common. Oscar first came to Hollywood scene in 1928. So did I. We’re both a little weather-beaten, but we’re still here and plan to be around for a whole lot longer.
You’re going to think I’m being corny, but this is how I really feel: I hope my family and my friends will be able to say that I was an honest, kind and fairly decent man.
General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
I believe humor nullifies violence.