I didn't know whether I wanted to be an actress or a singer then.

I really have a generation gap about modern clothes.

I did a film called Dracula and it was very nice because I had lots of trips to New York on Concorde.

When you look at Darling and the Oscars, it has to be luck. It was a black and white film and it was the last time that there was a black and white Oscar.

To fine that light within--that's the genius of poetry.

I got the boot once from Stanley Donen. The film was called The Little Prince.

There are wonderful museums with lots of photographs of 1920's musicals.

I wish we did have responsibility for the hair. I have been screwed up by the hair on many occasions.

With the black and white films, one was concerned with tone... You had to make sure that the tone of your dress was not the same tone as the curtains, for instance.

But with period clothes, people know less so they accept the pretty drawing that I give them.

I have to go back to my younger days, when I just adored Hollywood musicals.

I think Will Smith's character says it best in his opening speech when he says, "We long for love, we wish we had more time and we're afraid of death."

Directing 'The Office' is kind of like someone going, 'Would you like to drive my Lamborghini?' And I'm like 'Yes, I would like to drive your Lamborghini. That sounds like fun.'

Basically speaking, conducting is quite a healthy profession.

I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I don't just show the Hollywood blockbusters. I show independent films, foreign films, documentaries.

I was quaking in my boots.

The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.

Common men should esteem learning as silver, noble men prize it as gold, and princes as jewels.

Your social platform will become the motherboard of your business.

Agents are still asking for millions of dollars for actors that don't sell one ticket.

I try to make a lot of time for friends and family because I think that's really important and for pleasurable experiences.