Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.
I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.
I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.
I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest.
To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable.
There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway.
I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this.
Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you.
The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.
I joined the Communist Party late in 1934. I got out a year and a half later.
I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.
I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.
I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.
I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.
I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
I was always a self-conscious person.
I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed.
I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.
