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.

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.

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.

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.

This isn’t fiction, the man says. This is the Post Office.

Storytellers are the keepers - we are the time keepers, the continuity keepers. We are the people who tell us who we are, where we've come from, and maybe even where we're going.

Don't search Dreams in the sky, they need strong footage on earth.

Go, prick thy face and over-red thy fear, Thou lily-livered boy.

I am all for changing, even if mistakes are made in the process. Mistakes do not matter.

I love food so much, all I have to do is look at it and I gain 5 pounds.

I long for the day that "Roe v. Wade" is sent to the ash heap of history.

I have lived as plain Mr. Jinnah and I hope to die as plain Mr. Jinnah. I am very much averse to any title or honours and I will be more than happy if there was no prefix to my name.

Treat every moment of your life with Divine respect. Love passionately your God-given miraculous life.

I think a good song is a good song is a good song.