There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh.

A kiss is a lovely trick to stop speech.

A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness.

On acting to daughter Isabella Rossellini: Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it in.

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up.

In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They didn't like the political point of view. The picture was taken off immediately and was never sold to television. A while ago it was brought in and opened in five theatres in Paris, as a new movie. They had a big gala opening where I appeared and people were absolutely crazy about it.