My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my homework at one end of the kitchen table while he cooked at the other end.

You grow up in a Sicilian household, becoming an actor is not a big leap.

The eye condition that I have is Marfan's Syndrome.

What makes cookbooks interesting is to find out about the people and the culture that invented the food.

I had a wonderful time playing Dr. Kaufman in Tomorrow Never Dies. It was a real Bond villain, over the top, almost laughable but dangerous.

I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play.

I get to meet a lot of people, and I really like people.

I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release.

To be a Bond villain, you only get to do that once in your life. You never get to come back.

I met Milos in 1967. I was working on a student film. And there is Milos Forman. So that's how I met Milos.

Men bore me

Simplicity simplicity simplicity. I say let your affairs be as two or three and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen and keep your accounts on your thumbnail.

Through photography, both artist and scientist can find a common denominator in their search for the synthesis of modern vision in time, space and structure.

The human body is supposed to be 70 percent water. I consider myself 70 percent film

I must confess that when I'm alone in my study, here in New York, writing; that's when I'm happy.

Remembrances last longer than present realities.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-violent structure of society.

In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.

If it really made sense to "let the club do the work," you'd just say, "Driver, wedge to the green, one-putt," and walk to the next tee.

I never drank anything stronger than beer before I was twelve.