"I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun."
"Genius is an infinite capacity for taking life by the scruff of the neck."
"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything."
"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun."
"It's such a cuckoo business. And it's a business you go into because you are an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession."
"Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at age four."
"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased."
"If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building."
"I've always lived my life exactly as I wanted. I wouldn't change a single thing. No regrets."
"As for me, prizes mean nothing. My prize is my work."
"It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels."
"Without discipline, there's no life at all."
"I strike people as peculiar in some way, although I don't quite understand why. Of course, I have an angular face, an angular body and, I suppose, an angular personality, which jabs into people."
"Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh."
"We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - you can blame anyone, but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you want to change, you're the one who has got to change. It's as simple as that, isn't it?"
"Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy. Acting's just waiting for a custard pie. That's all."
"I have never had any idea what goes on with other people - but I have found that my major concern in traveling in foreign parts is, "Where is the ladies' room." Now, in an airplane it always seems that it is as far away from me as possible. And that the more complicated and embarrassing the trip, the more frequent my desire to make it."
"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."
"I have no fear of death, Must be wonderful, like a long sleep. But let's face it: it's how you live that really counts."
"Never complain. Never explain."
"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."
"I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret ... if you have any sense .... And if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid."
"I have no fear of death, Must be wonderful, like a long sleep. But let's face it: it's how you live that really counts."
"Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at age four."
"Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh."