The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.

I'm a real pushover for animals.

The technique's many benefits for actors include minimized tension, centeredness, vocal relaxation, and responsiveness, mind/body connection and about an inch and a half of additional height.

Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future.

I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.

Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant.

But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don't come with a lot of baggage.

I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano.

Just because you're not sweating doesn't mean you're not putting in the work.

Don't kiss a man who hasn't shaved.

Be mindful of the link between action and outcome. Ask yourself: If I repeat today's action 365 times, will I be where I want to be in a year?

Except that love - that mysterious, vast, all-encompassing power - could not possibly be contained in a single word.

What's the difference in wanting someone you don't like to vanish and dreaming about a world in which they don't exist? They're just two ways of saying the same thing.

You are free. The world is yours. got take it.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

If civilization is going to survive, business and policy-makers must move on, to find within themselves more developed emotions than fear or greed.

We only need to wear shoes because the British built roads which hurt our feet.

Each man has his fancy.

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

You can't change what happened.