"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 Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them."

"If you can't bite, don't show your teeth."

"The worst thing about Europe is that you can't go out in the middle of the night and get a Slurpee."

"Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness."

"The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried."

"Our wisdom comes usually from our experience, and our experience comes largely from our experience."