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I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.
My professional life in Hollywood has been filled with joy and laughter.
The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable.
I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same... →
I'm lucky. Lord, I'm lucky.
Not all celebrities are dunces.
All in the Family was intellectual; it was art.
In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.
Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire.
Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.
My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it?
We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show.
Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.