Andre Balazs

Bathtubs, pools, water - to me, it's a very essential part of being grounded and sensual and feeling yourself.

All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn't necessarily do at home.

I often compare putting a hotel together to old-time movie production. You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.

Heroes and heroines don't commit adultery.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.