Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: 'Lou, you're a leading man because you're a good actor.' Brought tears to my eyes.
When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.
A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are two peas in the same pod, and the American people have tasted that, and said, 'Look, that's not a good taste.'
My parents are very good parents and have already said that they will look after me until the end of my skating career.
I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act.
Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.
But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation.
There used to be a cruel joke that said Brazil is the country of the future, and always will be; Obama is the Brazil of today's politicians. He has obviously achieved nothing.
Pete Davidson - he's in the movie 'Trainwreck.' He has a small part in it. I told Lorne Michaels about him, said he was really funny.
I've always said that instead of watching a guy juggle seven things amazingly I would rather see a really bad juggler who's really funny.
I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
I've always said I don't believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino.
As God as my witness, they said, We're above the law. There's nothing you can do to us. You're just a church secretary.
Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors.
Someone once said that life is what happens while we are making other plans. I now know what that means.
Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.
I've always said in my career and in my life I only do things I'm interested in.
