I hope people find my movies funny and will watch them years from now. And, in terms of writing, I hope that something remains that will not seem old-fashioned, that will still have a ­vibrancy to it 50 years from now.

I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea.

Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.

I cannot smell mothballs because it's so difficult to get their little legs apart.

The presence of excessive wealth puts an unnatural spin on the appreciation of art.

I never touched a gun in my life. That and that alone forever doomed me to middle management.

As much as I remember, I just thought, I want to sing a song that starts normal and ends crazy.