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

I think awards in this country at this time are inappropriate to be received or given until the condition of the American Indian is drastically altered. If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

Bertolucci is extraordinary in his ability to perceive, he's a poet...he is very easy to work for.

Chaplin you got to go with. Chaplin is a man whose talents is such that you have to gamble. First off, comedy is his backyard. He's a genius, a cinematic genius. A comedic talent without peer.

Kazan is a performer's director, the best director I ever worked with... Most actors don't get any help from directors. Emotional help, if you're playing an emotional part. Kazan is the only one I know who really gives you help.

Even today I meet people who think of me automatically as a tough, insensitive, coarse guy named Stanley Kowalski|Stanley Kowalski. They can't help it, but, it is troubling.

I was surprised as anyone when T-shirts, jeans and leather jackets suddenly became symbols of rebellion. In the film there was a scene in which somebody asked my character, Johnny, what I was rebelling against, and I answered 'Whaddya got?' But none of us involved in the picture ever imagined that it would instigate or encourage youthful rebellion.

On the day Kazan showed me the completed picture I was so depressed by my performance that I got up and left the screening room.