And yet because of my attempt at sincerity I have been condemned, hooted at, reviled; filthy rumors have been circulated about me, not about my chara…

- Erich Von Stroheim

If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man speaks of a woman he has loved and who is dead.

- Erich Von Stroheim

Fay has spirituality too, but she also has that very real sex appeal that takes hold of the hearts of men.

- Erich Von Stroheim

As soon as I had seen Fay Wray and spoken with her for a few minutes, I knew I had found the right girl.

- Erich Von Stroheim

Since that first showing of Foolish Wives I have seemed to walk through vast crowds of people, their white American faces turned towards me in stern …

- Erich Von Stroheim

It is not because I do not love my adopted land - it is the natural feeling of one far from home, who remembers those happy, carefree days when life …

- Erich Von Stroheim

I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living…

- Erich Von Stroheim

I could not work with a girl who did not have a spiritual quality.

- Erich Von Stroheim

I am just old-fashioned enough to prefer long hair.

- Erich Von Stroheim