[On the Academy Awards, Connie Chung TV interview, 1990] "What do I care? I`ve made all the money I need to make. I won a couple of Academy Awards if I ever cared about that. I`ve been nominated I don`t know how many times and I`m in a position of respect...
[On his characterization of Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954)] "[The role] was actor-proof, a scene that demonstrated how audiences often do much of the acting themselves in an effectively told story."