We live in an age of publicity and hype. There's something about success that dehumanizes you, whereas failure reminds you of who you really are.

I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic.

We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds.

I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters.

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.

Betrayal... is my favorite subject.

I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.

Obviously, In The Heat Of The Night was a landmark movie because the timing was perfect. It was in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement.

I think I've done pretty well. I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards, so I don't have any complaints.

Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has.

When you shoot a musical, you're shooting to lipsynch tracks, so we had to figure out our choreography and work out what we wanted to do with each number before we did it.

The choice was whether to be sad and foolish or sad and reasonable.

Loving yourself may seem like the hardest thing to do. But it's the greatest gift you can give yourself. If you're waiting for someone else to do it for you, you're wasting your time.

Maybe when I die and I'm thrown overboard, I'll turn into a mermaid.

Humor, warm and all-embracing as the sunshine, bathes its objects in a genial and abiding light.

The worst kind of arrogance is arrogance from ignorance.

The first lecture of each new year renews for most people a light stage fright.

My dad has always been such a great dad, and he's brought so much culture to my life. He dragged me to see every single movie at the cinématheque as a kid. I saw everything from Star Wars to Bergman.

Not few nor light are the burdens of life; then load it not with heaviness of spirit.

Today, I find inspiration in music, art, traveling the world, and meeting new people.

I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time.