The first time I had got an offer to come to Hollywood, I turned it down. I said, "No, I'm an actor of the stage.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.

Virtue is not photogenic.

Streets crowded with people strolling, or sitting at outdoor cafes. And always, talking, gesturing, singing, laughing. I liked Rome immediately.Everybody was a performer.

I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

Life is like a B-picture script! It is that corny. If I had my life story offered to me to film, I'd turn it down.

Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive

The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic.

My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor.

Being comfortable with who you are is the ultimate threat.

Don't be afraid to be amazing.

People change. Memories don't.

One wants one's work to be the world, but of course it's never the world. The work is in the world; it never contains the whole thing.

I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I was thinking.

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in every aspect of my life.

For every new mouth to feed, there are two hands to produce.

No one ever talks about the good in me; they just say that I'm spoiled.

It doesn't matter much what kind of house you've got as long as it's a happy home.