I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.

I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: "I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can't. It's the best film I've seen since Citizen Kane".

Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you're having an affair, if you don't you're having a feud.

Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.

Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?

There's a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.