Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.

Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.

Motion-picture studio floors used to be all wooden and not smooth at all. This was difficult when moving a camera around on a dolly.

An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.

Making a television show is not like making Coca-Cola or Bacardi rum. The human element in our business prevents us from finding a successful formula every time.

Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

I could have stayed home and been kept by my wife.

A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.

To struggle against the weight of sleep as reality eclipses the moon of your dreams is the purest sign of true love.

... I grant you that anyone who pokes around in history long enough may well go mad.

What an unrequited love it is, this thirst! But is it love, when it is unrequited?

I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering.

Think about it. Women control 70 percent of global consumer spending . . . when women do better, economies do better.

Man, just believe in yourself, be able to dream, and know that there's going to be valleys and peaks. Always stay centered, and know that God is the key, the beginning and end of everything you do.

You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and in a language they could comprehend!

O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, which makes bank credit like a bark of vapour.

The power to hurt ... has evolved in a direct relationship to technological advancement.

It's unfair that I've been treated unfair - but it doesn't stop me.