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

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

THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD MAN'S SECRETS OF LONGEVITY 1. Don't run for a bus - there'll always be another. 2. Never, ever touch fried food. 3. Stay out of a Ferrari or any other small Italian car. 4. Eat fruit - a nectarine - even a rotten plum is good.

With the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth... the critic

He who hesitates is poor.

The audience got jaded, they want a hit, they want a big success, and so you don't want to experiment because you say, well, I'll disappoint the audience, they may not like it, I better do something that I think is more commercial.

If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.