- Robert Mitchum: [On his arrest for narcotics offences] I couldn't play Eagle Scouts or Baptist preachers, but, I tell you one thing, it's certainly enlisted an enormous number of new fans.
- Self - Director: The blacklist was nothing; at least we knew why we were blacklisted. The grey list, which was far, far, far greater. Those poor bastards didn't know what they were being blamed for or why they couldn't work.