In the event of war, I'm a hostage.

I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.

You're so good looking I can barely keep my eyes on the meter.

I asked the girl if she could bring a sister for me. She did. Sister Maria Teresa. It was a very slow evening. We discussed the New Testament. We agreed that He was very well adjusted for an only child.

When the Academy called, I panicked. I thought they might want their Oscars back and the pawn shop has been out of business for a while.

Once munching has begun, Schopenhauer held, the human will cannot resist further munching, and the result is a universe with crumbs over everything.

Real life is generally much duller and inevitably sadder, most of the time. In film, you control everything that's going on, so you can indulge the most fantastic, romantic, escapist feelings and fantasies. You can do anything you want. That's why it's very seductive and pleasurable to earn your living making movies because you're not living in the real world.