“I think it's a disgrace to make actors become pitchmen. You see it on ...” — Van Heflin Quote

I think it's a disgrace to make actors become pitchmen. You see it on 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' you see it on 'Bonanza.'

I'm absolutely an amoeba. It's my survival value.

Most fellows learned something about dressing in college. But my fraternity made me stay in the basement whenever we gave a dance.

When you give people something for nothing for awhile and then try to sell them some of that same thing, consciously or not, they resent it.

Being under contract gives you financial and emotional security. But you lose the sense of accomplishment that goes hand in hand with being a free agent.

I thought it was going to be a hut in Topanga and Janis Joplin was going to come out, but it's a real doctor... I went to Beverly Hills to meet this midwife; you'd think they'd be in nature.

The Beverly Hills Hotel is so iconic.

In Beverly Hills, the faster you climb, the harder you fall.

I'm not a Beverly Hills dude.

I don't know many artists who've come out of Beverly Hills, y'know? You need that struggle.