I felt [It Runs in the Family] it was a picture that, after I'm gone, my family would like to see it. It was a wonderful mixture of people in my family.

Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.

What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder.

I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.

I have always been grateful that my Russian mother and father came to this country to give me a better chance, and I have had a better chance.

I never wanted to be in movies. In a sense, I'm still a failure because I wanted to be a star on the stage.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.