She didn't need to go to acting school to learn that the essence of acting is to act like you're not acting.

Fall in love with what you're going to do for a living. To be able to get out of bed and do what you love to do for the rest of the day is beyond words. I'd rather be a failure in something I love than be successful in something I hate.

At home we ate fish every Friday, as Catholics were then supposed to do. Being Jewish, I compromised. I wore a hat when I ate fish, out of respect for my own religion and the fish's family.

Since I've made it to 87 so far, obviously my two kids and my seven grandchildren haven't been too hard on me. On the other hand, the fact that I have an unlisted phone number and move a lot might have something to do with it.

Life's but a day at most.

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.

You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.