In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.

A stroke is a very difficult thing. You get depressed. . . . What I found was this: the cure for depression is to think of others, to do for others. You can always find something to be grateful for.

Maybe there is no peace in this world. I don't know ... But I know as long as we live we must stay true to ourselves.

I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.

You'll never see Spartacus in a (expletive) chair!

If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting.

Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more.