Above all, a director has to be a good captain.

To me Moses is all men grown to gigantic proportions.

The big studio era is from the coming of sound until 1950, until I came in ... I came in at a crux in film, which was the end of the studio era and the rise of filmmaking.

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

Skijoring is just something that people want to see, it's like Ben Hur on snow, the modern way. I love the speed, the adrenalin rush is something special. It's just unique.

The prime motivation in making almost any film is success, because film is the art form of the 20th century.

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.