Rod Steiger

And I'm supposed to grab her and kiss her and she's supposed to react. Well, what happened was, Julie was very nervous at that time, given this incredible part which she did beautifully. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#did #given #grab #happened #her

And the reason I really appreciated this is because after the picture came out, I was invited by the American Psychiatric Association to give a lecture. I couldn't believe it! ↗

— Rod Steiger

#american #appreciated #association #because #believe

He got up and there were both of us in our underwear and this kid goes through the whole thing again, all the closets, the bathroom, everything else and then he left. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#bathroom #both #closets #else #everything

I didn't ever think of it as a social thing at the time. I took it as a good story. Maybe because I've always been kind of progressive so I never thought of it, you know. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#because #been #ever #good #good story

I found out was, by the rhythm of my chewing, how I chewed fast, slow or what have you, I could tell the audience what my character was thinking and feeling. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#character #chewed #chewing #could #fast

I'm not so sure that younger people today really appreciate the enormous bravery that went into the creation and production of that film, or how important a film at the time it really was. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#bravery #creation #enormous #film #how

If you see the picture when things get exciting, he chews faster. When he really gets shocked, everything stops, including the chewing. So I worked it in for me. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#everything #exciting #faster #get #gets

Is this a proposal? I'm married now, you know. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#know #married #now #proposal #you

Only after awhile. After it came out and people began to engage in discussions about the social reflections of the film that I realized it had an importance I hadn't thought of. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#after #awhile #began #came #discussions

Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's bad. I think the film could have been a lot better. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#been #better #could #film #great