I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation.

I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog.

I wasn't dyslexic, I was just very slow. I passed my time daydreaming.

I don't represent myself as a star, but an actor who wants to make movies.

I don't care about my image.

I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.

I watched a lot of Douglas Fairbanks movies. He always played the same role with a mustache. Zorro had a mustache. The Musketeer had a mustache. Tarzan had a mustache.

I like the hot-cold, the sugar-salt, being able to play over-the-top and dramatic things - in the same film. Just as in my life, I can be very funny and at other times almost extinguished.

In many cases for an actor it's a comfortable position to be in. But it's harder to fail as a director.

I don't want everyone to like me, and I don't choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give them the option.

I want to work with a director who becomes my brother, my father, for two months. You give yourself over to that person.

Sight is seeing with the eyes

My husband lost a lot of weight on a new diet and I resent it. It's simple he just doesn't eat when I'm talking.

What soon grows old? Gratitude.

Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt?

I teach high school math. I sell a product to a market that doesn't want it, but is forced by law to buy it.

Whenever I look at a mountain I always expect it to turn into a volcano.

Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. On the other hand, that which we allow him to discover for himself will remain with him visible for the rest of his life.

That which is not daring is nothing.

If it's not impossible, you may as well try. If it is impossible, at least you'll find out why.

I was looking for an opportunity to make my first feature, so I asked myself: "What do you want to do? Is there something you can give to the world?"