Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.

But my longevity is due to my good timing.

My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.

My parents were Hungarian immigrants; my father was a tailor and we lived in the back of a tailor store. And that was my first inkling of what it was like to be raised in America. It had a profound effect on me - I saw different people coming in all the time with different attitudes and I liked it. And as I grew older, I found that I was able to use something inside of me to get some sympathy if I wanted it. I used to shine shoes, and I would use a waif-like look. I'd get a dime and I'd be as happy as could be.

We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great battles, but what about losing a son or a daughter, or a girl losing her husband or vice versa? I think of the people who never got the chance to have the opportunities I had.

I'm world famous, everywhere I go there are people who love me because of I've been able to bring them some joy from the movies I've made.

When I was in bed with Marilyn Monroe, I was never sure before, during or after, where her mind was.