When you hang a man, you better look at him.

There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

Do ya' feel lucky, punk?

Maybe I`m getting to the age when I`m starting to be senile or nostalgic or both, but people are so angry now. You used to be able to disagree with people and still be friends. Now you hear these talk shows, and everyone who believes differently from you is a moron and an idiot - both on the Right and the Left.

We were dealing with films that had very prominent roles for women and I felt I was actually contributing something. Many people had wondered why I would want to do a film where the best part was a woman's part. But I wasn't afraid to be the lesser intelligence in a film.

Whatever the drama of the story is, you have to be true to it.