Henry Fonda Quotes & Sayings

“My whole damn family was nice. I don't think I've imagined it. It's true. Maybe it has to do with being brought up as Christian Scientists. Half of my relatives were Readers or Practitioners in the church.”

“I'd just as soon not get into a discussion about Jane and her politics. I'd just as soon stick to what we're here for, the picture.”

“I've been close to Bette Davis for thirty-eight years - and I have the cigarette burns to prove it.”

“My thinking was scrambled when Sullivan and I separated. Something happened to me that had never happend before. I couldn't cope. It was heartbreak time. I thought it was the end of the world.”

“I don't know what was in his mind, but I do know Ford was stricken by what he had done, by hitting me.”

“I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man.”

“No one could have nicer sisters. No sibling problems there.”

“For me, college wasn't a breeze. I had 8 o'clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I'd troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God!”

“Ford didn't know what to do with Mister Roberts that wasn't repeating what was successful in New York. He was trying to do things to the play that would be his in the film.”

“It has to do with the fact that Ford, for all his greatness, is an Irish egomaniac, as anyone who knows him will say.”