“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“I thank you for not snoring.”

“If there are two hundred people in a room and one of them doesn't like me I've got to get out.”

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

“There's a line in the picture where he (Johnny - The Wild One) snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.”

“[on why he considers Marlon Brando and Jean-Louis Trintignant to be his favorite actors] They don't externalize or project everything. They keep a mystery within themselves, and that I think is the sign of a truly great actor, to be able to maintain that.”