[from an interview done in 1990] There are personality actors and there are real actors. Olivier (
Laurence Olivier],
Burt Lancaster. He's an actor. They are real actors.
Clark Gable and
Cary Grant were personality actors.
Gary Cooper was the same. Don't depress me, when I hear about great performance -- it's bullshit! It's nothing. Me, 19 years old, I was on the front pages of all the papers in England. What the fuck did I know. I was lucky. I can say it because I'm 82, I was outstanding good looking. And I had a great personality. I was very funny. When I was in a show, they hated me. The leading man hated me. When I came to America that was my problem. Yesterday's happiness, tomorrow's sadness. This is our business. 90% end up sad. 10% end up alcoholics or commit suicide.
