In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress.

I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera.

we Irish don't really need thousands of people surging behind a big brass band to have a parade. One guitar player and a few people whistling will do the job.

that strange conflict in the American character: we pride ourselves on being the melting pot of the world but we insist on regarding most immigrants with suspicion.

Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money.

Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.