For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.

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The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.

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I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.

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I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

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I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.

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The thing about Brando was that I'd make these directions, and he'd walk away. He'd heard enough... to get the machine going.

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I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul.

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To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable.

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The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards.

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The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape place in it.

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