Kowalski Quotes

(On one of his most famous characters, Stanley Kowalski from A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)) "Kowalski was always right, and never afraid. He never wondered, he never doubted. His ego was very secure. And he had the kind of brutal aggressiveness that I hate. I`m afraid of it. I detest the character."

Even today I meet people who think of me automatically as a tough, insensitive, coarse guy named Stanley Kowalski. They can`t help it, but, it is troubling.

Intellectually I`d love to play Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" . . . Can`t you just imagine me down in the streets yelling, "Stella! Stella!" God, the critics would have a lot of fun with that one.