Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about.

Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief.

Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf that was turned over. It was an education to go for a walk with him.

Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone.

Cheyenne Autumn was received not too successfully. I still think it was a very good movie. It was kinda Ford's apology for the way he had treated Indians in his past pictures.

I think a performer should do his work and then shut up.

I felt pretty comfortable with Westerns, apart from the fact I couldn't ride.

Marilyn was terrible to work with. I was fond of her, she was a nice girl, but she was a damaged girl. She was very difficult. You couldn't get her on the set; she didn't know the words.

There was something about Marilyn. She couldn't act her way out of a bag, but she became an icon because something happened between her and the lens, and no one knows what it is.

Death's a path we're all on, son

I loved Jack Ford. I got him in his later days, and he was a total tyrant and a total autocrat and an Irish drunk. But I had a great time.

Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire, but we can always find what we desire between the pages of books.

Not one person can afford your dream

And they certainly wouldn’t take you along to a murder. That would be irresponsible parenting.

I am a great believe that your humor is developed at a very early age and it doesn't ever change.

It is hard to find romance in the present because there's nothing left to the imagination.

The truth often sounds paradoxical.

I often think the doctrine of fasting in Lent and having meatless days as old-fashioned...it might be better to give up television.

Elgar's first symphony is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Railway Station.

All decision-making is a values-clarifying exercise.

I educated myself. To me, school was boring.