I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano.

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.

The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.

I'm a real pushover for animals.

The technique's many benefits for actors include minimized tension, centeredness, vocal relaxation, and responsiveness, mind/body connection and about an inch and a half of additional height.

Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future.

I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.

Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant.

But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don't come with a lot of baggage.

Just because you're not sweating doesn't mean you're not putting in the work.

Don't kiss a man who hasn't shaved.

To protect one’s own statement is the greatest form of violence. To impress upon others that his statement is correct is a form of violence itself.

Every manifestation of evil is the result of basic sin—sin that has remained unchanged since the moment it first entered the human race.

Being in love with a right person can make you look more confident and in control.

When focusing only on one's credentials one boasts his own incompetence in his capacity for discernment of the individual.

Where did it go, the moderate opine? I can't find it here nor there!'Perhaps then it's twixt the false dichotomy?

I like Mercedes because my wife has been in two big accidents and emerged without a scratch, thanks to the safety of these cars.

My mother told me, “Son, it is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick.” I have tried very hard to heed those words.

This is getting funner.

Eternal peace is a dream - and not even a beautiful one.

Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.