Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting.

I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.

When Chaplin found a voice to say what was on his mind, he was like a child of eight writing lyrics for Beethoven's Ninth.

I never overestimate the audience, nor do I underestimate them. I just have a very rational idea as to who we’re dealing with, and that we’re not making a picture for Harvard Law School, we’re making a picture for middle-class people, the people that you see on the subway, or the people that you see in a restaurant. Just normal people.

The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.

I met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my life, but you - you're twenty minutes.

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.