I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

Things always look different from higher up.

I never look back and think too much about my films. I've done some work I've been proud of over the years but which of them is my favourite I really don't know. I could say the last one. I've had little jumps in my career like Unforgiven possibly.

There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody.

Everybody wants to make something they think is a surefire winner, though nobody knows what a surefire winner is, in my opinion.

Great stories teach you something. That's one reason I haven't slipped into some sort of retirement: I always feel like I'm learning something new.

I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it.