▶ Citizen Kane; Shane; The Blue Dahlia; Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid; The Carpetbaggers; …
▶ "I was never trained for anything."; "I was a dummy in school."; "I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve."; "I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen."; "I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then."; …"I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else."; "I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over again."; "Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth."; "As long as my pictures go into theaters and we ask people to pay to see what I do on the screen, I should not object if customers want to know what kind of man I am."; "A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting."