A hotdog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz.

There never seems to be any trouble brewing around a bar until a woman puts that high heel over the brass rail. Don’t ask me why, but somehow women at bars seem to create trouble among men.

Ah, nuts. I’m an actor. I just do what comes naturally.

I don’t hurt the industry. The industry hurts itself, by making so many lousy movies – as if General Motors deliberately put out a bad car.

On the House Un-American Activities Committee: They’ll nail anyone who ever scratched his ass during the National Anthem.

People who don’t drink are afraid of revealing themselves.

I hate funerals. They aren’t for the guy who’s dead. They’re for the guys who are left alive and enjoy mourning.

If a face like Ingrid Bergman’s looks at you as though you’re adorable, everybody does. You don’t have to act very much.

Unless you really understand the water, and understand the reason for being on it, and understand the love of sailing and the feeling of quietness and solitude, you don’t really belong on a boat anyway. I think Hemingway said one time that the sea is the last free place on earth.

You’re not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi.