I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day

I was a dummy in school.

A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting

Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.

I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then

My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much.

I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me

The rich aren't paying for luxury - they're paying for basic humanity.

At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.

Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

If you steal from one person is Theft, and if you steal from Lots of people is Research

I do not think that life will change for the better without an assault on the Establishment, which goes on exploiting the wretched of the earth.

This not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.

Friendships take work. Use disagreements as opportunity to come out better on the other side

I'm 5 foot 9, and there were two stars in my life who didn't mind that I was taller than they - George Raft and John Garfield

It is curious how any making of order makes one feel mentally ordered, ordered inside.

Today is reality. Yesterday is history.