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.

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.