A biography for Broderick Crawfordhasn’t been written yet.
“I was always the second heavy.”
“I collect antiques. Why? Because they're beautiful.”
“I want to make someone walk straight, but I've left my sons nothing but wars.”
“I only go to mass when somebody asks me, but when I get in trouble I call for a priest.”
“I'm what you call a deathbed Catholic.”
“I've made upwards of a million bucks in the cops-and-robbers business.”
“When people tell you they saw your last picture - well, the way they say it sounds like they hope it was.”
“So don't applaud. Just send me the check.”
“I get a wild hair up my nose and I want to go.”
“I'm too young for Medicare and too old for broads to care.”
“It's hard to explain why I like Europe so much.”
“I have a jaundiced eye but a young mind.”
“If you're going to be a bum, be the biggest. If you're going to blow it, blow it big.”
“I'm a lousy reader.”
“My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother.”
“I've made my peace with myself.”