Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.

I only direct in self-defense.

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

My God, I'd love to smash into the casket of Dostoyevsky, grab that bony hand and scream at the remains, 'Well done, you god-damn genius.'

A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.

We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.

If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.