The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.

Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes trash it completely.

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.

I think narcotics and alcohol, and even tobacco are enormously costly ingredients in our society.

A policemans job is only easy in a police state.

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

Doing a picture with Willie Wyler is like getting the works at a Turkish bath. You damn near drown, but you come out smelling like a rose.