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

Life is full of surprises, isn't it?

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.

You have to be very careful to view yourself with a somewhat skeptical eye and to remember that you're not here taking down everything I'm saying because you think I'm such a marvelous fellow but because your editors say go get 1,200 words or whatever on Chuck Heston.

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency.

I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself.

For an actor, there is no greater loss than the loss of his audience.