I love gentiles. In fact, on of my favorite activities is Protestant spotting.

Any man's greatness is a tribute to the nobility of all mankind, so when we celebrate the genius of [Leo] Tolstoy, we say, "Look! One of our boys made it! Look what we're capable of!"

I only direct in self-defense.

When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin.

I'm still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.

Comedy is serious - deadly serious. Never, never try to be funny! The actors must be serious. Only the situation must be absurd. Funny is in the writing, not in the performing. If the situation isn't absurd, no amount of joke will help.

If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.