Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.

I wish I could do a lot of things different. I'm not going to tell you what they are, but if I had a list of all my films right now, I'd go, 'Okay, I'll cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out.' Really. But I've made over 40 films. How can I not have some losers in there?

It's not the size of the nose that matters, it's what's inside that counts.

Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.

I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.

All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.

I had loved magic tricks from the time I was six or seven. I bought books on magic. I did magic acts for my parents and their friends. I was aiming for show business from early days, and magic was the poor man's way of getting in: you buy a trick for $2, and you've got an act.