Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.

Money isn't everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.

The late Estee Lauder says you can never wear white shoes after Labor Day. But of course, in today's world, that does not exist.

Russia is a place of great culture. If you've read Tolstoy's "War and Peace", Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Chekhov...the culture of the great Russian literature is amazing. The human narrative you get out of "War and Peace" is universal.

In my day you didn't speak until spoken to.

Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.

It's always great to have things from France at a wedding. It's symbolic of style, of culture, of taste.