Crass Quotes

Joan Crawford thought we should get married. This was back in the 1920s, when I was a star and she was a rising flapper. It wasn`t just a crass question of her ambition; we were very good but platonic friends. I told her, `Cranberry` - my pet name for her - `that isn`t how it works in Hollywood. They usually pair men who like men and ladies who like ladies.` Because if we both liked men, where would we be as man and wife? She`d resent me, and that would be the end of our beautiful friendship.

(on tabloid coverage of his life) It feels like being in a soap opera that you were unwittingly cast in and you have no choice about it. I get to watch my life like everyone else and think. "I can`t believe they did that". And, for whatever reason, you become less special for movie audiences. It cheapens the brand if you want to look at it in a really crass sense. But I figure it has to go away at some point. Eventually someone will come along and have a sex tape or someone will play grab-ass with some kids and I`ll be off page one.

Lots of sci-fi movies are much ado about nothing. What I liked about (The Island (2005)) is that it`s a universal thing: we all want to live longer. But how selfish would you be to achieve that? You could get a liver, a heart, kidneys, essential things. But I wanted to show people going for things that were just so crass, like fresh skin for a face-lift. For some woman who doesn`t want to go through the pain of childbirth and have stretch marks, why not have your clone birth for you? How disgusting is that?

Some folks would say that`s crass or calculating or opportunistic, but that`s how businesses think; these (donations) are an investment in a company`s future. How a business conducts itself in the region today will leave an indelible mark on that business`s reputation. And given the choice, consumers will be predisposed to do business with companies that have good reputations.

It`s such a crass idea - you`re either in love or out of love.

It can be absurd, cantankerous, self-destructive and pompous, but it is never crass