I met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my life, but you - you're twenty minutes.

After so many drive-in waitresses becoming movie stars, there has been this real drought, when along come class; somebody who actually went to school, can spell, maybe even plays the piano. She may be a wispy, thin little thing, but when you see that girl, you know you're really in the presence of something. In that league there's only ever been Garbo, and the other Hepburn, and maybe Bergman. It's a rare quality, but boy, do you know when you've found it.

It was a hot afternoon and I can still remember the smell of honeysuckle all along the street. How can I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle?

My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.

Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.