Man who stands on toilet, gets high on pot!
Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you’ve got less to sell.
People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
When a man says he likes a woman in a skirt, I tell him to try one.
With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I’d done more, I could have been quite remarkable.
Bogart was like Henry Fonda – proud and happy to be an actor.
My, I like Judy Holliday! She looks like a Monet model. And she’s so – so defenseless. I like defenseless people. They’re the best.
If it interests you, they don’t have to pay you. It’s a fascinating business anyway-it’s very nice to be paid-but when you do thrilling material, it’s like buying a piece of furniture that’s really good.
The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
I don’t care WHAT the say about me, as long as it’s not the truth.
The time to make up your mind about people is never.
People have grown fond of me, like some old building.
It’s a rather rude gesture, but at least it’s clear what you mean.
I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
The woman’s position in the world today is so much harder than a man’s that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
I don’t give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor.
I’ve always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It’s inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?
To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then ‘act as if’ you know how to do the rest.