May you be ordinary, as the poet once wished the new-born baby.

History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.

Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. But it’s still the eyes we look at, isn’t it? That’s where we found the other person, and find them still.

Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life's business.

What you end up remembering isn't always the same as what you have witnessed.

Time...give us enough time and our best-supported decisions will seem wobbly, our certainties whimsical.

And yet it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us time’s malleability.

Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual.

I thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen.

Is there anything more plausible than a second hand?

you find yourself repeating, ‘They grow up so quickly, don’t they?’ when all you really mean is: time goes faster for me nowadays.

The world is a dangerous place, but there is no better world. Remember every one of us is responsible to make the world a joyful place.

Today’s youngsters will unfortunately never know the thrills we experienced dubbing movies in the era of Rashomon.

I am one of those people who is not very patient in the makeup chair. I have been offered movies like 'Planet of the Apes' and stuff like 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas' and I turned them down.

The future is as bright as the promises of God.

Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.

I never had posters on my wall and when I meet actors that I really admire, it's exciting because I get to work with them.

Do we really require so many gardening programmes, makeover programmes or celebrity chefs?

It is only when a person has his own generator that we can talk about motivation. He then needs no outside stimulation. He wants to do it.

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.