Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more.

I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.

I felt [It Runs in the Family] it was a picture that, after I'm gone, my family would like to see it. It was a wonderful mixture of people in my family.

Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about?

Love has more depth as you get older.

The older you get, the more awards you get. So, if you live long enough, then you get all the awards eventually.

You'll never see Spartacus in a (expletive) chair!

Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive.

If I have to speak in public, I am terrified.

Maybe there is no peace in this world. I don't know ... But I know as long as we live we must stay true to ourselves.

If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.

I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss.

When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back.

The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

We look for wine when we should be hunting bread.

The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face.

You have not learned to live until you have learned to give

Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things.