"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot"

"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl."

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles."

"Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves."

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."

"I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career."

"It is better to wear out than to rust out."

"The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt."

"Whom did it benefit. (Cui Bono Fuerit)"

"I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect."

"There are no office hours for leaders."

"If there is a God, He is a malign thug."