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.

We don't even know who's in the Academy.

If you cast a film incorrectly, then you're going to be fighting an uphill battle.

When you're making a movie, you can't think anybody will ever see it. You've just got to make a movie for the values it has. The greatest films were made because someone really wanted to make them. And, hopefully, the audience will show up, too.

You have to teach yourself to act but Michael Chekhov will give you the necessary tools - and for me, Psychological Gesture and Centers are extremely valuable They work like a charm. I've used them all along and still do.

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

Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff.