Basically I'm a very serious person, but I think the form it takes with me is comedy. I see the amusing side of all potentially pompous situations.

I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World.

I can never forgive God for having invented the French

Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year?

Two members of my profession who are not urgently needed by my profession, Mr. Ronald Reagan and Mr. George Murphy, entered politics, and they've done extremely well. Since there has been no reciprocal tendency in the other direction, it suggests to me that our job is still more difficult than their new one.

The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.