"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."

"The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well."

"Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open."

"Take what you can use and let the rest go by."

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

"Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

"Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget."