"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."

"They can make you say anything - ANYTHING - but they can't make you believe it."

"It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own."

"Do any deserve liberty who are not ready to give it to others? Let us calmly go to work, instead of dissipating our energy in unnecessary fretting and fuming."

"Human beings cannot stand too much reality."

"He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak."

"My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all."