So when I cease to be I want to go back...to the sea! Oh for the life of a sardine! That is the life for me!

Dictators free themselves by enslaving others. They work not for your benefit, but their own.

As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection "WISDOM OF THE HEART".

We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.

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

Nothing in life is permanent, not even one's troubles.

I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That is all the politics I have. On the other hand I am not a super-patriot. Super-patriotism leads to Hitlerism - and we've had our lesson there. I don't want to create a revolution - I just want to create a few more films.