Yes, they wanted me to sign a contract of exclusivity, and I refused.

And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.

But we did the Pink Panther not in Hollywood, in Italy.

Yes, they wanted me to sign a contract of exclusivity, and I refused.

Many other movies, but for me The Professionals is the best I did in Hollywood.

And also, Sergio Leone was considered in Italy a director of category B, not a big director.

It's fantastic because I've been living thousands of lives, not only my life.

But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic.

But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.

Its fantastic because Ive been living thousands of lives not only my life.

When someone has cancer the whole family everyone who loves them does too.

And the podcasting - I swear to you - on its worst day, the podcasts are better than our best films. Because they're more imaginative, and there's no artifice, and it's far more real.

I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course.

I just wanted to paint and sketch and tell stories by drawing.

Always enter like a kitten and leave like a lion. But never enter like a lion and leave like a kitten. Always be humble

Only do what you feel called in your heart to do, and then give all of yourself to the task.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

The good thing about the IMF is there is no European politics involved.

We have a lack of growth in Europe, in eurozone, and in France, and we are struggling hard to recover and restore this growth.

Thousands of tired nerve shaken over civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home that wildness is a necessity.

Honestly, I just have to do what's right for me, and what I would tell people is what I believe, which is that tolerance is very important.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

Nobody cares. You shouldn't either.

People's financial situation has changed, and they surrender their cats all the time, because they're downsizing or moving to a property where they are not allowed to have pets.

When people blanket a whole class of people with statements, I just think that is unfair to everybody. I could do the same thing about media. I can do the same thing about politicians or lawyers, and they're just never accurate.

People come up to me and say, 'Can I just thank you for writing my life?' And I reply, 'I'm glad someone else is as idiotic as I am.'

I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, "What are you?"

The secret to a happy marriage is to tell your spouse everything, but the essentials.

If whatever we do changes one person's opinion, gets one person's readiness better than it was before, or at the end of the day entertains people, than we've done our job.

I dont understand flirting.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person.

To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.

What has always been at the heart of film making was the value of a script. It was really the writer who could make or break a film. But as we all know, the writer has always been at the bottom of the creative heap.