There were centuries when civilization had no theater.

The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom. I mark only the happy hours, like the sundial, because otherwise I would have gone nuts.

My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.

Hollywood expects you to experiment but on a film that makes money and if you don't make money, you're to blame. Your job is to make money.

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