[on Robert Aldrich] I loved Aldrich. Very saddened by his passing. Richard Jaeckel was a good friend of his. He went to see him on his last stretch in the hospital. He was in a coma much of the time. And Jaeckel asks if there is anything he can get him. A...
There was that very credible virility of guys like Spencer Tracy or Humphrey Bogart. I don`t think that I could one day resemble them, but in life and in movies I profoundly admired Bogart, both personally and professionally.
[on Marlon Brando] Brando is not exactly a generous actor, he doesn`t give. But he does make demands on you and if you don`t come through then he`ll run right over the top of you.
Tequila. Straight. There`s a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won`t go down. Then you know you`ve reached your limit.
[upon accepting his Best Actor Academy Award for Cat Ballou (1965)] I think half of this belongs to a horse somewhere out in the [San Fernando] Valley.