I was forty the first time I directed. I formed a company in 1967, looking to the future. My dad taught me that whatever you do, do it well. Be the best at what you can do for that particular job in life. That always resonated with me.

This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.

I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote.

Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That's the only way you can get elected.

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

I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else's hair.

Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict.