To me cinema can be a much more friendly world if there's a lot of things to choose from.

That's the secret to a movie career - just keeping an open mind.

Opinions are like a**holes, everybody has one.

You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.

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.

When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old

The casting is the most important thing. If you cast a picture really well a lot of things take care of themselves. You get actors that like to give a lot to the role and who appreciate the role on the same level that you do. If you miscast it, you're working an uphill battle a little bit and maybe you can come out okay but you can't always come out great.