James Cagney

"I never actually said "Ooh, you dirty rat.""

"You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them... I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly as I can."

"He can do nothing which is not worth watching. On his light hoofer's feet, with his quick nervous hands and his magnificent unconsciousness of the camera, he can pluck distinction from the least promising part."

"He can't even put a telephone receiver back on the hook without giving the action some special spark of life."