Kids piercing themselves, piercing their tongues, what kind of masochism is that? Is it to show you can just take it?

A lot of times people get to a certain age and they quit. I always felt sorry for the Frank Capras, the Billy Wilders, directors like that, because they quit in their sixties. Why would you quit? Think of the great work they could've done in their sixties, seventies, and on up.

I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.

People have lost their sense of humor. In former times, we constantly made jokes about different races.

I never considered myself a cowboy, because I wasn`t. But I guess when I got into cowboy gear I looked enough like one to convince people that I was.

I like to direct the same way that I like to be directed.

You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best.