Above all, a director has to be a good captain.
I am very proud of the fact that I led the arts contingent on the civil rights march in the summer of '63. In many ways, I think it was the high-water mark of the civil rights movement.
Political correctness is tyranny with manners.
Sometimes, to be silent is to be most eloquent.
An epic is the easiest kind of picture to make badly.
I used to think if it wasn't possible to be a family man and a totally dedicated artist, I'd rather be the former. I'm an idealist and a romantic.