I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities.

James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect.

I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.

In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?

You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them.

What the public expects to encounter in an actress passed 70 is the sum of her experience, not her beauty.

Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.