I got to know Sterling Hayden fairly well. He was a quiet man, who got more complicated as the years went on.

This has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the rewards for being good-natured.

Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous! - but in my earlier years, I couldn't afford to do this.

For many years my inherited arthritis had given me problems.

In '48 when I left Metro, I tried to go back to radio, but somehow just didn't do well at it.

I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting!