I think I'm damn lucky. I'm lucky that my kids are all straight, that they haven't ended up in jail, that they're all worthwhile human beings, thank God. Their lives are happy; they have happy partners, wives, husbands.

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

If you want me just whistle. You know how to whistle don't you? Just put your lips together and blow.

Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!'

People should tell your children what life is all about - it's about work.

If there was a pause in a conversation with anyone, you could always light a cigarette, or if a man lit a cigarette for you, you could look up. It's the most dramatic thing in the world because it's intimate, it's suggestive, and that's one of the problems with giving it up, is that it's a very useful tool.

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of The Look.