Cheyenne Autumn was received not too successfully. I still think it was a very good movie. It was kinda Ford's apology for the way he had treated Indians in his past pictures.

Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief.

Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf that was turned over. It was an education to go for a walk with him.

Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone.

I think a performer should do his work and then shut up.

I felt pretty comfortable with Westerns, apart from the fact I couldn't ride.

Marilyn was terrible to work with. I was fond of her, she was a nice girl, but she was a damaged girl. She was very difficult. You couldn't get her on the set; she didn't know the words.

There was something about Marilyn. She couldn't act her way out of a bag, but she became an icon because something happened between her and the lens, and no one knows what it is.

Death's a path we're all on, son

I loved Jack Ford. I got him in his later days, and he was a total tyrant and a total autocrat and an Irish drunk. But I had a great time.

You have to compromise all the way. The only thing that counts is the result.

We co-create when we reach out and touch souls. Like rays of light—where they converge—twice as bright.

Aa is for animals, friends, not food. We don't eat our friends. They would find it quite rude!

The worst of anything she could do to me would be to make me like her. That's why I ran away.

I'm a big pasta fan. I'm a big Italian food fan. Anything Italian - I love cheese, mozzarella. Mozzarella is my favorite, so I have to say anything Italian, I'll take it.

I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

I love to laugh, I love the joy of life, and I love sharing it.

When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain.

Traffic is only one of the side effects of growth

Our murmuring is the devil's music.