It's the camel's nose in the tent. Look at Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, Idi Amin - every one of these monsters, on seizing power, their first act was to confiscate all firearms in private hands.

Well, we have certainly produced great art before we did this. In my view, there are any number of areas of government which tax money should not be spent.

I don't seem to fit really into the 20th Century

I think there are probably more closet conservatives in Hollywood than there are closet homosexuals.

What you hold in your hand is proof of man's power - against which our strength means nothing. It has the force of 100 spears. I warn you, man's ingenuity goes hand-in-hand with their cruelty. No creature is as devious or violent.

The physical mechanics of sex are pretty funny unless you are engaged in them. Then they are, of course, marvelous.

Film is the only art form whose raw materials are so horrendously expensive that the artist cannot afford to buy them for himself.