I'm attached to my land in Pantelleria as if I'd inherited it. Acting is my job, Pantelleria is my home.

Real elegance is simply a true encounter with oneself.

Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.

I didn't learn a lot from books. I learned a lot from movies.

What bothers you isn't so much whether you're beautiful or not. What bothers you is the way that people stare.

With the turmoil, with the vicissitudes, with the pain we inflict on each other, love is possible. Sometimes the roads cross and it's worth doing it. Go for it, it's worth it.

Wine is connected to abundance.

If you hold a cat by the tail, you learn things you can't learn any other way.--Mark Twain

When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid.

The worst thing to happen to Lincoln - aside from the unfortunate incident at Ford's theatre - was to fall into the hands of Carl Sandburg.

If our hearts are full of our own wretched "I ams" we will have no ears to hear His glorious, soul-satisfying "I Am."

The things which cannot be adequately represented by words are more important than those which can.

I call children "our ultimate investment."

In many ways for black actors there's been two leading guys: It's Will Smith vs. Denzel [Washington].

Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.

The fool,fixed in his folly,may think He can turn the wheel on which he turns.

Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy.