Musicals became too expensive. When we were working at MGM, there was a whole company of talent – stars, directors, choreographers, song writers, conductors, arrangers. All worked under contract at regular salaries. To gather people...

It’s a terrible thing to say I know. I’ve only done what I wanted to do. It’s a real luxury. I only made the pictures I wanted to make and lived in the places I’ve...

Spencer Tracy, he was there to work.

Once I make a picture, I never look at it again.

I’ve had 79 to 80 years of show business. I started when I was 5 with a man called Tom Mix. I didn’t have time to go to school because I was in silent movies,...

Gable, at a quarter of eight in the morning, is banging on the side of his dressing room. At one minute to nine, you’d better be ready, the king was ready to be directed. He...

I always say, ‘I owe my career to golf. The test director went out to play golf. At 1 o’clock I walked out on the stage and there are these three girls, they’re made up...

Sinatra and I, my God, we got on wonderfully. We had great times together. When he came in, he had complete concentration.

When I was 50, I said, ‘That’s it,’ And they said, ‘How?’ I said, ‘What do you mean how? I’ve been working now for 50 years now.’

People, they want me to teach school, but no matter what I could teach – I can teach you to be a lawyer, because there are certain rules. There are certain rules in being a...

I made all these films and I had all kinds of great experiences. I worked with the great filmmakers and it was a very exciting life.