“I don't approve of the John Waynes and the Gary Coopers saying 'Shucks, I ain't no actor—I'm just a bridge builder or a gas station attendant.' If they aren't actors, what the hell are they getting paid for? I have respect for my profession. I worked hard at it.”
Humphrey Bogart On Gary Cooper, John Wayne

“She doesn’t give a damn how she looks. I don’t think she tries to be a character. I think she is one.”
Humphrey Bogart On Katharine Hepburn

“She talked badly. Not dirty. I mean when she was called to set she’d yell, ‘I ain’t ready!’ That kind of bad. She was actually a prude. Innuendo was her game and not explicitness.”
Cary Grant On Mae West

“Any of my indiscretions were with people, not actresses.”
Darryl Francis Zanuck

“Once they get their hooks into you, you're a dead pigeon.”
Bud Abbott