It`s a waste of time to think about what I should have done and what I didn`t. I really believe in that. That`s how I react to the if-onlys of life. To moan and groan about something I shouldn`t have done, could have done, might have done . . . who knows?...
[on Judy Garland] She was a friend of mine, a trying friend, but a friend. That is what I tell myself: She did everything she ever wanted to do. She never really denied herself anything for me. See, I say, she had a wonderful life; she did what she wanted...
[on working with Robert De Niro in "New York, New York"] Sure, a class-A bastard. After the sneak preview in San Francisco, Bobby said to me in the car, "I don`t mind being a bastard, as long as I`m an interesting bastard."