I was asked to act when I couldn’t act. I was asked to sing ’Funny Face’ when I couldn’t sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn’t dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn’t prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.

If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.

Success is not about being the smartest person in the room; it's about bringing out the best in others.

Government agencies can operate well by exercising kindness, fairness and compassion

The most important thing is to have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.