I was always annoyed by too much explaining.

You have to go with your instincts. I remember when I was about to make "Fistful of Dollars" a big article came out that said, "Italian Westerns are finished." I said, "Swell." Then, of course, the film came out, and it did something. I'm so glad for the dozens of times I haven't listened along the way.

The country has come a long way in race relations, but the pendulum swings so far back. Everyone wants to be so sensitive.

Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.

I was drafted during the Korean War.

With people in high office, the old - you go into the extreme, which is absolute power and absolute power corrupts.

I like the inspiration of the first take.