The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.

If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

I discovered at the age of six that everything was a phony, worked with mirrors. Since then, I've always wanted to be a magician.

In my real movie-going days, which were the thirties, you didn't stand in line. You strolled down the street and sallied into the theater at any hour of the day or night.

There are a thousand ways of playing a good classic. If it were effective, I would play Hamlet on a trapeze.

We made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.