I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time.

The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms.

Sometimes you watch one of your favorite shows from 20 years ago and you think, 'I'm loving this, but golly, it's going at the speed of a snail.'

I mean the truth is, I've always been interested in the whole setup of the old world.

We are usually undone by our lack of understanding of ourselves.

If you're supposed to be a 'personality,' then you might as well have a personality.

I never know which is worse: the sorrow when you hit the bird or the shame when you miss it.