Fly

Brad Pitt on Robert Redford:

"I'm drawn to his strength, his classiness, his introspectiveness, and his sadness."


Nicole Kidman on Dustin Hoffman:

"He's always saying, 'Let's try that scene again.' When a scene starts to fly, unpredictable things start to happen."

Virtuosos

Gene Kelly on Judy Garland:

"The finest all-round performer we ever had in America was Judy Garland. There was no limit to her talent."


Adolphe Menjou on Shirley Temple:

"She knew everyone's dialogue, and if you forgot a line, she gave it to you. We all hated her for that."

The Best

Robert Redford on Meryl Streep:

"There's simply no finer craftsman in the business. She's as good as it gets."


Groucho Marx on Woody Allen:

"They say Woody Allen got something from the Marx Brothers. He didn't. He is an original. The best. The funniest."

A Twig of a Tree

Katharine Hepburn on Spencer Tracy:

"His quality is clear and direct. Ask a question- get an answer. No pause."


Anthony Hopkins on Laurence Olivier:

"He'll put himself out on a limb. In fact, he'll put himself out on a twig of a tree."

Inaccessible

Marilyn Monroe on Clark Gable:

"Can you imagine what being kissed by him meant to me?"

Richard Burton on Elizabeth Taylor:

"She was the most astonishingly self-contained, pulchritudinous, remote, removed, inaccessible woman I had ever seen."

American Queens

Humphrey Bogart on Katharine Hepburn:

"She does pretty much as she goddamn pleases. You never pull up a chair for Kate. You tell her, 'Kate, pull me up a chair, willya, and while you're at it get one for yourself.' "


Laurence Olivier on Marilyn Monroe:

" She was so adorable, so witty, such incredible fun and more physically attractive than anyone I could have imagined apart from herself on the screen."

Unions

"One of the great powers of the union - any union - is the ability to strike, and I support them." -Holly Hunter

"It's surreal. I mean, walking down the red carpet today, I see people who have been winning Oscars since before I even contemplated being an actor. She was like my first love, Kate Winslet. And she knew who I was." -Dev Patel

Also from the SAG Awards last week.