I thank God who slowly dressed me in a heavy skin, otherwise I would now be dead.
On acting to daughter Isabella Rossellini: Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it in.
I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up.
In Hollywood, you're never any better than your last picture.
There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh.
Thank you for your coffee, seignior. I shall miss that when we leave Casablanca.