"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."

"Everything is connected... no one thing can change by itself."

"Unless you are ambitious, you do not make progress."

"Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death."

"Intolerance itself is a form of egoism, and to condemn egoism intolerantly is to share it."

"When I hear anyone talk of culture, I reach for my revolver."

"Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way."