Quotes

When Paula was sick, people wondered why I didn't leave her. And when I wasn't working they wondered why she didn't leave me. People all along have tried to come between us. It took a long time to figure out that it was their problem, not ours.

[on remaining childless for the first 13 years of marriage] Paula was always on the pill. We didn't want children. We were too wrapped up in ourselves. We couldn't see that what we were looking for could be found in someone else. Having the baby made us grow up. We didn't know anything about babies. It was like waiting for opening night. The doctor told me, 'You won't want to miss this. This is one of the biggies!'

Having Ross put things in perspective. I never used to understand why people wanted to go home right after work. Now that's where I want to be - with Ross.

I always say that you should remake flops, not hits.

[on his Goodbye, Columbus (1969) co-star, Ali MacGraw]: The camera looks into your soul, and it looked into Ali's. Men loved her, women loved her. She was a real movie star.