Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes.

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Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In...

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In...

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of...

Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of...

I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign...

I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign...

Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you...

Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you...

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much...

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much...

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of...

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of...

Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.

Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare...

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare...

Who gossips so much around here?

Who gossips so much around here?

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

I didn't forget your breakfast. I didn't bring your breakfast. Because you didn't eat your...

I didn't forget your breakfast. I didn't bring your breakfast. Because you didn't eat your...

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered...

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered...

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever...

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever...

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me...

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me...