Paris is a very exciting city. I learned about Paris the same way that Americans do: from the movies.

I got a divorce because my ex-wife left me for another woman.

Sex and death. Two things that come but once in my lifetime, but at least after death you're not nauseous.

It seems to me that making escapist films might be a better service to people than making intellectual ones and making films that deal with issues. It might be better to just make escapist comedies that don't touch on any issues. The people just get a cool lemonade, and then they go out refreshed, they enjoy themselves, they forget how awful things are and it helps them - it strengthens them to get through the day.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment.

The chief problem about death ... is the fear that there may be no afterlife - a depressing thought.

If I could just hope to have a major talent, then I would rather have it in music than in any other field.