“You'll never learn to act in Hollywood. Not in a thousand years.”

“Learn to pay yourself first, you'll never be broke”

“If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you, and you'll never learn.”

“It's taken me years of practice to learn how to act natural.”

“I know you'll never stay the same
In time, most of us lose it,
But I'm hoping, just the same,
You'll shine and learn how to use it.”

“You'll eat hamburgers year after year and live in dusty, vermin-infested apartments and hotels, but every morning you'll see the mighty sun, the eternal blue of the sky, and the streets will be full of sleek women you never will possess, and the hot semitropical nights will reek of romance you'll never have, but you'll still be in paradise, boys, in the land of sunshine.”

“You can't forget the things you did in the past, or you'll never learn from them.”

“When… in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests?”

“If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.”

“Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”