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

It's very difficult to marry into another civilization.

When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined.

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 think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on.

I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people.

The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.