"No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic."

"If a million people see my movie, I hope they see a million different movies."

"I don't want to wrap myself in the flag, because I'm afraid I'll get burned."

"The trouble with lies was that once started, the fiction had to be continued, and it was hard always to be remembering details that you had made up upon the spur of the moment."

"Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt."

"My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare."

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."

"Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses."

"Ah, sweet pity. Where would my love life be without it?"

"One must need to be strong, else one will never become strong."

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

"I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career."