"It is a essential truth that to live with purpose is to leave the world a little gentler than you found it."

"There is no instinct like that of the heart."

"Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"I always find it kind of embarrassing, kind of funny, and kind of exciting. In New York I'm recognized a lot, although nobody says anything. You know, they stare at you just a second too long. But in Paris it's not as commonplace to be recognized."

"'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also a delight to shoot. We were in the South of France, working with Glenne Headly and Michael Caine and Frank Oz the director - who were just fun."

"What's so great about working with really funny women is that vanity comes second. Whatever makes it real and funny, they're going to go for, and it's just great."

"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide."