"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot"

"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl."

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles."

"Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves."

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."

"I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career."

"Look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man and work like a dog."

"Habits are like supervisors that you don't notice."

"By the pricking of my thumbs,Something wicked this way comes. Open, locks, Whoever knocks!"

"Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of fear is a freedom."

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without ploughing the ground."

"As I grow older , I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me."