“I thought for a month or so along the lines of what I call Monsieur Be...” — Preston Sturges Quote

I thought for a month or so along the lines of what I call Monsieur Beaucaire in modern clothes. By that, I mean a hero who is believed by all to be a villain but who, in the end, is introduced as a man of great honor with a long list of decorations.

I have never done anything but my very best work for anyone, and to do this and retain my first fine enthusiasm over a period of thirty years has required a rather special set of working conditions.

If I can't find real situations that interest me in real life, then I'll go and write them in play form.

I never write down to my audiences. I respect honest sentiment and honest pratfalls.

I'm not cut out to play a filmi hero. I don't look like a hero.

In Ecuador, if I go after an Ecuadoran, I'm in trouble; if I go after a Costa Rican, I'm a hero.

Don't call me a hero. I would prefer myself being called as an actor.

A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.

Joan Rivers was my hero.