"About everything I ever have done, in the way of lawsuits against studios, I've won them all, because I was right every time." "Marriage is like the Army; everyone complains, but you'd be surprised at the large number of people who re-enlist." [Asked if he would ever do a nude scene] "I don't do horror films." "They really stuck it to me. I was young and dumb. I said a couple things about being under contract that they didn't like, like that I felt like a ham in a smokehouse. They were waiting to get back at me by laying me off. We went to court and got out of my contract. I didn't want somebody in an office guiding my career. If I had a failure, I wanted it to be my failure. If I had a success, I wanted it to be my success." [on his conflicts with Warner Brothers, in relation to his contractual obligations to the Maverick TV series] "I'm a Spencer Tracy-type actor. His idea was to be on time, know your words, hit your marks and tell the truth. Most every actor tries to make it something it isn't (or) looks for the easy way out. I don't think acting is that difficult if you can put yourself aside and do what the writer wrote." "I don't like to speak in public. It scares the devil out of me." "I got into the business to put a roof over my head. I wasn't looking for star status. I just wanted to keep working." "I came from Oklahoma. I was born and raised in the Depression. Now, you want to put some pressure on somebody, well, live through the Depression. In Oklahoma. In the dust. And then the flood followed... So studio executives don't bother me at all."