Nothing is free. You got to pay to be in society. First you start with homework.

When you get big special effects pictures, sci-fi and things, there's little or no comedy. Or it's a domestic comedy and there's not one special effect. But very rarely do these things fuse and come out right.

Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that.

I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.

The egg cream is psychologically the opposite of circumcision--it pleasurably reaffirms your Jewishness.

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!"