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" I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me. "

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" 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 would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul. "

" The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal. "

" I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique. "

" I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does. "

" The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate. "

" You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility. "

" What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties. "

" You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is. "

" I was always a self-conscious person. "

" The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep. "

" 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. "

" I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am. "

" I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual. "

" I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me. "

" I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor. "

" The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards. "

" 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 truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood. "

" I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice. "

" I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action. "

" Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick? "

" I may be getting old, but not foolish. "

" I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made. "

" I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends. "

" I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise. "

" I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did. "

" When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on. "

" I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action. "

" The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed. "