I always told Hitch that it would have been better to put seats around the set and sell tickets.
After age 70, it’s patch, patch, patch.
It’s well done if you can do a part and not have the acting show.
I wouldn’t give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn’t have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella too.
The problem of evil is raised more often by spectators of life than the actual combatants. You will hardly ever find that the great sufferers are the great skeptics.
Mr. Hitchcock did not say actors are cattle. He said they should be treated like cattle.
We all look the same with our helmets on.
I don’t need other people. I don’t need help. I can take care of me.
When it came to kissing, Harlow was the best.
If a western is a good western, it gives you a sense of that world and some of the qualities those men had; their comradeship, loyalty, and physical courage.
I’d like to do Harvey again. I did it two years ago with Helen Hayes in New York. It was a joy. I was so glad to do it again because I never thought I did it right the first time.
Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show.
I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, ‘Who’s that?’ But this got me started in acting.
My dogs have never been good at things like “sit,” “stay,” or even “come.” I think that we’ve given the tourists a few laughs, especially when the dogs hit the end of their leashes hard enough to drag Gloria down the street.
I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.
Let us live as people who are prepared to die, and die as people who are prepared to live.
The gospel is a declaration, not a debate.
There can be no revival apart from the Holy Ghost; He is the author of every Heaven-sent movement.
Some people may be more gifted than others, but excellence in writing, as in any art form or craft, involves discipline and practice.
You don’t do something because it’s a sure thing. You don’t do something for the bank. That’s the one that flops. That’s a riskier proposition than doing something completely original. It’s risky to be safe.