Marriage functions best when both partners remain somewhat unmarried.

It's fantastic because I've been living thousands of lives, not only my life.

I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I've never revealed my self or even my body in films. Mystery is very important.

I'm no syllogism incarnate, but my wife makes me look like Immanuel Kant.

What's incredible is that I'm 75 and still working.

It is with passion and dedication that I will be attentive to the needs of women and fight relentlessly for their rights

But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic.

And also, Sergio Leone was considered in Italy a director of category B, not a big director.

And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.

Learning the Holocaust is not meant to scare you but to deepen your understanding about the world.

Mercy will we overcome thisOh one by one could we turn it aroundMaybe carry on just a little bit longerAnd I try to give you what you need

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with the passing of time.

The hardest thing for me is the sense of impermanence. All passes; nothing returns.

If someone strikes my heart, it does not break, but it bursts, and the flame coming out of it becomes a torch on my path.

Hollywood is the same as any other place when it comes to love, marriage, and divorce ... some people have trouble staying married and some people have trouble staying single.

Experience isn't the best teacher - evaluated experience is.

When one woman was asked how long she had been going to symphony concerts, she paused to calculate and replied, 'Forty-seven years - and I find I mind it less and less.

In all important respects, the man who has nothing but his physical power to sell has nothing to sell which it is worth anyone's money to buy

Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.