“I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective sto...” — Marie Windsor Quote

I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting!

The way animals were and are abused appalls me to this very day.

In '48 when I left Metro, I tried to go back to radio, but somehow just didn't do well at it.

Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous! - but in my earlier years, I couldn't afford to do this.

For instance, it was very rare for anyone there with dogs to allow them into the house.

If you look at the best-seller list for American fiction, they're all sequels to detective stories or stories about hunting serial killers. That's what's called American fiction these days.

I read a lot of detective novels.

I have never read horror, nor do I consider The Exorcist to be such, but rather as a suspenseful supernatural detective story, or paranormal police procedural.

I made 'True Detective' like it was going to be the only thing I ever made for television. So put in everything and the kitchen sink. Everything.

I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.