That I survived the first film I did [The Silver Chalice (1954)] was extraordinarily good fortune. I mean, I had dogs chasing me down the street. I was wearing this tiny little Greek cocktail dress - with *my* legs! Good Lord, it was really bad. In fact, ...
I`ve repeatedly said that for people as little in common as Joanne and myself, we have an uncommonly good marriage. We are actors. We make pictures and that`s about all we have in common. Maybe that`s enough. Wives shouldn`t feel obligated to accompany th...
I had no natural gift to be anything--not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a painter of garden porches--not anything. So I`ve worked really hard, because nothing ever came easily to me.
I wasn`t driven to acting by an inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business.
