Man is not the lord of all the world's animals. He is the protector.

I figure there are a few actors like Marlon Brando, George C. Scott and Laurence Olivier who have been touched by the hand of God. I'm in the next bunch.

Once you drink one glass, you want another.

I'm not a gambling-man. I have never bet a dollar in all my life.

You can say things in a comedy that you never can say in a drama.

The only way to quieten me is to invite me to a tennis match.

Part of my strength as an actor comes from what I've learned all these years: when you play a villain, you try to get the light touches; when you play a hero, you try to get in some of the warts.

I just want to take advantage of every day that I'm in the lineup.

The thing that is probably most important is having a brain, and to be able to figure things out and learn things very rapidly.

Intention without action is useless.

Dudes have been making up stuff about themselves probably since there have been dudes.

Writing for radio really focuses the mind, because you can't rely on thinking "Oh, just pull a funny face at the end of this sketch." You've got to try to work on the words.

When you are in deep distress and cannot restrain some expression of it, sit down and write out a harsh letter venting your anger. But don't send it.

Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance at life you will ever get.

Sing again, with your dear voice revealing. A tone Of some world far from ours, where music and moonlight and feeling are one.

I find it kind of disturbing when people cheer when someone just gets stabbed brutally.

We should not oppose something just because it was appropriated by the wrong guys; rather, we should think about how to reappropriate it.