The final portrait is often furthest from the truth.

What good were special talents when there was no one to share them with?

You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself.

Besides the pain in my gut, why shouldn't I laugh? I've almost escaped death in a foreign country.

If no one saw - it didn't count. It's only when you eat in front of strangers or people that make you feel guilty that food is really fattening.

There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.

Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art.

Since age 14, I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there.

Of all the well-meant emotions pity is the cruelest to share.

Classical ballet will never die.

The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course, language.

Everybody's saying we've got to go 3D or virtual reality or choose your own adventure. But there are other ways forward. I don't think we're done with film by a long shot.

An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies.