If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music.

The most gentle people in the world are macho males, people who are confident in their masculinity and have a feeling of well-being in themselves. They don't have to kick in doors, mistreat women, or make fun of gays.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

It's much more fun to play something you're nothing like than what you are... It's much easier to hide yourself in a character.

You have to go with your instincts.

It's a very confusing era that we're in.

I had always planned when I started directing in 1970 that after a few years I'd get tired of looking at myself on the screen and say: "Hey, let's not do that any more." But then every once in a while something pops up. I'm not saying it won't happen again but probably the odds get less as you set yourself for roles that fit your age group.