The theater was my mother and my father.

I regret the things I didn't do, not what I did.

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.

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

Thank you for your coffee, seignior. I shall miss that when we leave Casablanca.

I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.

The best way to keep young is to keep going in whatever it is that keeps you going. With me that's work, and a lot of it. And when a job is finished, relax and have fun.