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" I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up. "

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" My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to Broadway and a friend of mine, Lauren Bacall, was in Hollywood filming with Humphrey Bogart. She told one of her producers I was great in my play, and he saw it and cast me in 'The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'. "

" I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss. "

" I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life. "

" When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important! "

" All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor. "

" It's tough to make a movie about movies... We're all too close to it. But 'The Bad and the Beautiful' was very good. "

" If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married. "

" If I have to speak in public, I am terrified. "

" Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things. "

" Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all. "

" When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does. "

" All my life, I have taken inventory at intervals. For example, when I became a movie actor and suddenly I had to deal with fame, money and playing so many roles, I lost myself. I said, 'Who am I?' And I wrote my first book to deal with that, 'The Ragman's Son.' "

" I studied Judaism a lot. I studied religion in general, and I have never imposed my Judaism on my kids. They are what they want to be. I think... you must care for others. That's the correct religion, I think. "

" I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself. "

" In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail. "

" I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. "

" My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there would be a knock on the door almost every night with a hobo begging for food. Even though we didn't even have enough to eat, my mother always found something to give them. "

" Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe. "

" Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? "

" Virtue is not photogenic, so I liked playing bad guys. But, whenever I played a bad guy, I tried to find something good in him, and that kept my contact with the audience. "

" I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted. "

" I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor. "

" Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week. "

" No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right. "

" Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive. "

" I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6. "

" Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be; I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, I've always done against advice. "

" God bless Dad, he came to every one of my shows. I was bad, and I had horrible stage fright. My dad was so relieved - he'd say, 'You were terrible; this kid is not going to be an actor.' Finally, I did a play and he said, 'Son - you were really good.' "

" I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism. "