“Too caustic? To hell with cost we'll make the picture anyhow. Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg. We have all passed a lot of water since then.”

“From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.”

“The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.”

“A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.”

“I never liked you, and I always will.”

“I read part of it all the way through.”

“I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.”

“Include me out.”

“Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.”

“Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?”

“Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.”