I simply cannot stand by and watch a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States come under attack from those who either can't understand it, don't like the sound of it, or find themselves too philosophically squeamish to see why it remains the first among equals: Because it is the right we turn to when all else fails. That's why the Second Amendment is America's first freedom.

To be an actor you need four things: energy, concentration, a lot of luck and, of course, good roles.

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

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.

To me Moses is all men grown to gigantic proportions.

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

My dad always said he wanted to be remembered for his body of work, and he's made more than 75 pictures, some good, some bad, and they will be his legacy to the world of acting.