The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.

My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.

You're beautful. Yes you are, you're very very beautiful. Extremely beautiful.

I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.

I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.