>Movies bore me; especially my own.

>[on his acting talents] Listen. I got three expressions: looking left, looking right and looking straight ahead.

>[on press stories] They're all true - booze, brawls, broads, all true. Make up some more if you want to.

>You've got to realize that a Steve McQueen performance lends itself to monotony.

>[his opinion about the Vietnam war, in 1968] If they won't listen to reason over there, just kill 'em. Nuke 'em all.

>Sure I was glad to see John Wayne win the Oscar. I'm always glad to see the fat lady win the Cadillac on television, too.

>I kept the same suit for six years - and the same dialog. We just changed the title of the picture and the leading lady.

>[his opinion of Method actors Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson] They are all small.

>[on working with Faye Dunaway] When I got here I walked in thinking I was a star and then I found I was supposed to do everything the way she says. Listen, I'm not going to take any temperamental whims from anyone, I just take a long walk and cool off. If I didn't do that, I know I'd wind up dumping her on her derrière.

>They think I don't know my lines. That's not true. I'm just too drunk to say 'em.

>How do you say trust me in Jewish? 'Fuck you'.