Quotes

[about Mari Blanchard, with whom he worked at Universal Pictures in the 1950s] She was a sweetheart. She was reserved, but outgoing. She wasn't pushy, a class act.

[about working with Neville Brand on Brand's series Laredo (1965)] I did a scene and got a little applause from the crew for taking a gunshot. The crew said that's the way to take a gunshot in the gut. Offstage Neville says, "Well, he should, he's done enough of those things". Someone said, "How would you know, Neville? Have you ever been shot?" He says, "Hell yes, I got shot here" and he pointed to his shoulder, "Came out here. I got shot here, came out here", pointing to his side. The interesting thing was, when I talked to him later, he said, "Gregg, in the war [Brand was one of the most decorated US Army soldiers in World War II] I could smell the Krauts in the morning. I'd go on patrol down through the gully and I could just smell the sauerkraut in the morning they were cooking".