Sometimes I Wonder If Men And Women

Being An Actor Is Such A Humiliating Experience Because You Are Selling Yourself To The Public, Your Face, Your Personality, And That Is Humiliating. As You Get Older, It Becomes More Humiliating Because You've Got Less To Sell.

The Thing About Life Is That You Must Survive. Life Is Going To Be Difficult, And Dreadful Things Will Happen. What You Do Is Move Along, Get On With It, And Be Tough. Not In The Sense Of Being Mean To Others, But Being Tough With Yourself And Making A Deadly Effort Not To Be Defeated.

"isn't It Fun Getting Older?" Is Really A Terrible Fallacy. That's Like Saying I Prefer Driving An Old Car With A Flat Tire.

We Were Brought Up In The School That Teaches: You Do What The Script Tells You. Deliver The Goods Without Comment. Live It-do It-or Shut Up. After All, The Writer Is What's Important. If The Script Is Good And You Don't Get In Its Way, It Will Come Off Okay. I Never Discussed A Script With Spence [spencer Tracy]; We Just Did It. The Same With Hank [henry Fonda] In On Golden Pond. Naturally And Unconsciously We Joined Into What I Call A Musical Necessity-the Chemistry That Brings Out The Essence Of The Characters And The Work.

I Don't Regret Anything I've Ever Done; As Long As I Enjoyed It At The Time