To Be A Member Of The Communist

There Aren't Many Male Stars - That's A Loose Term - Like Kirk [douglas] Around. Most Of Those Virile Personalities Have To Keep Working, Continue The Image Because They Can't Do Anything Else. They Don't Even Read. Their Real Identity Is In Making Those Pictures. They Have To Keep Jumping On Horses And Hitting Somebody On The Head With A Gun.

Whatever Hysteria Exists Is Inflamed By Mystery, Suspicion And Secrecy. Hard And Exact Facts Will Cool It.

The Camera Is More Than A Recorder, It's A Microscope. It Penetrates, It Goes Into People And You See Their Most Private And Concealed Thoughts.

I Hate The Communists And Have For Many Years And Don't Feel Right About Giving Up My Career To Defend Them. I Will Give Up My Film Career If It Is In The Interests Of Defending Something I Believe In, But Not This.

A Good Director's Not Sure When He Gets On The Set What He's Going To Do.