To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

My ex-wife was a philosophy major at NYU. Yeah, she and I used to have deep philosophical discussions where she would prove that I didn't exist.

Show business is dog eat dog. It's worse than dog eat dog. It's dog doesn't return dog's phone calls.

I can't imagine any director directing a screenplay of mine, because the great directors all have very personal styles, and the ones that don't are not very interesting directors.

My father owned a small piece of land. He carried it with him wherever he went.

None of the arts are any good unless you really are great at them.

There are drawbacks in being famous too, but you can live with those. They're not life-threatening. If the paparazzi are outside your restaurant or your house - and actors make such a big thing of it and scurry into cars and drape things - you think they're going to be crucified or something. It's not a big deal. You can get used to that. It's not so terrible.