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

First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.

I would read Playboy more often, but my glasses keep steaming up.

It's better to be happy doing something you love, even if you don't find success right away.

Much later in life, though, Gracie made a major contribution to the opera world. She stayed out of it.

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.

I like women to be attracted to me. See, when you get 60 years old, and they know you're 60, the only women you can get are 55-year-old women, and I like younger women.