- [on his last film, The Power (1968), produced by George Pal] The personal friction between MGM and George Pal--the hatreds between them, you just wouldn't believe!--were allowed to operate on that film's economy. It wasn't released with any fanfare. It was grudgingly allowed to escape, with everyone at MGM hoping it would flop, because they were trying to get rid of Pal.
- [on "Robinson Crusoe On Mars"]: I consider that film to be the best thing I've ever done, because it had basically one of the soundest stories ever written. Unfortunately, the film did not become a hit because of the bad judgment of the producer and the releasing company. I fought like a tiger to get rid of the silly-ass title, but to no avail.
- [quoted in the 1980 British television documentary miniseries, "Hollywood," talking about actor-director Erich von Stroheim] He was flawed by living the character he portrayed, too. He didn't have the saving grace of Anglo Saxon "common sense," to put it bluntly. He was always "on," and he was always against the management, wherever he was, didn't matter. And he was gonna' wreck 'em - if they thought they had suffered before, he was gonna' show them real suffering.
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