“Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.”

-Carroll O’Connor

“Nations have come under the control of haters and fools.”

-Carroll O’Connor

“It was a lack of system that made the 30’s depression as inevitable as all others previously suffered.”

-Carroll O’Connor

“It seems entertainment is what most excites us and what we value above everything else .”

-Carroll O’Connor

“Talent can be developed, gift is God given. But artists have both.”

-Carroll O’Connor

“Both of my brothers became physicians and I, of course wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome.”

-Carroll O’Connor