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

[ J. Edgar]Hoover, I'm sure, felt that he was right in everything he did and even the things that we don't like about his character.

I guess a great movie would be one that has the most great moments in it.

If you're doing a biography, you try to stay as accurate as possible to reality. But you really don't know what was going on in the person's mind. You just know what was going on in the minds of people around him.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

I like a drama. And I think that's the basis of good films, or good plays, is to have a nice drama.

I believe in my gut. Most people intellectualize their instincts away, but when you feel something, you have to go for it. A Fistful of Dollars was a great instinct for me, because here I was, a guy who's doing Rawhide.