"I don't mind that I'm fat. You still get the same money."

"If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle."

"I have eyes like those of a dead pig."

"An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer."

"If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives."

"If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner."

"With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes."

"Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent."

"Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite."

"There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life."

"The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them."

"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication."

"An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening."

"The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money."

"Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity."