“There's one wonderful thing about this business. You're privileged to meet some great people. There's a bond of sincerecommiseration. The stuffed shirts form a fence behind which the others can get and tell naughty stories.”

Robert Mitchum

“Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.”
Cary Grant

“I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.”
Alan Ladd

“I have no badfeelings about actors getting $20 million a picture or more. They won't give you a dime in this town unless you can make them a dollar. No producer is going to give anybody $20 million if he doesn't think he's going to make much more.”
Rod Steiger

“If it's a good script I'll do it. And if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I'll do it.”
George Burns