In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game.

You can get awful famous in this country in seven days.

When I was young, I did actually model and was much photographed by famous photographers. But I was always a bookworm.

Italian girls are famous for being snobby and expecting men to make the first move. In America, if I don't make eye contact, the guys won't come over and talk. American girls just go for it. You men are spoiled.

In France, we don't yet have the craft that American TV does or big studios like Paramount. It was so cool going through those famous gates when you have your own little pass and picture on it. Woo hoo, I'm going to work!