I think that [Barack] Obama was elected because young people are starting to get interested in their country and I think that's a very healthy thing.

I'm a loner clear down deep to my guts.

Acting is a youthful profession.

On a crowded bus in Israel, a mother was speaking to her son in Yiddish. An Israeli woman reprimanded her. "You should be speaking Hebrew. Why are you talking to him in Yiddish?" The mother answered, "I don't want he should forget he's a Jew."

Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive.

Michael [Douglas] is, I think, a great actor. He's made some very interesting pictures. When he was going to college, I was very proud of him, but when he said, 'Dad, I want to be in a play,' he had a bit part. I went to see it and Michael said, 'Dad, how was I?' I said, 'You were terrible.' I thought he would go on to be a lawyer and in three months, he was in another play and I went and, I must admit, he was great. I think he has been good in everything he's done.

Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all.