I should never have switched from scotch to martinis. Attributed last words

If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.

An actor's a guy, who if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, "But what's my motivation?" I say, 'Your salary.'

I never said actors were cattle. All I said is that actors should be treated as cattle.

I made more lousy pictures than any actor in history.

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.

It's a business you go into because you're an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.

Mr. Hitchcock did not say actors are cattle. He said they should be treated like cattle.

There is a dreadful story that I hate actors. Imagine anyone hating Jimmy Stewart... or Jack Warner. I can't imagine how such a rumor began. Of course it may possibly be because I was once quoted as saying that actors are cattle. My actor friends know I would never be capable of such a thoughtless, rude and unfeeling remark, that I would never call them cattle... What I probably said was that actors should be treated like cattle.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

Walt Disney has the best casting system. If he don't like an actor, he just tears him up.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

The power and influence of a movie star is curious: I didn't ask for it or take it; people gave it to me. Simply because you're a movie star, people empower you with special rights and privileges.

Kazan is a performer's director, the best director I ever worked with... Most actors don't get any help from directors. Emotional help, if you're playing an emotional part. Kazan is the only one I know who really gives you help.