Take your work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously

Hillary Clinton has made a lot of dough out of being a politician. I gave up dough to be a politician. I'm sure that Ronald Reagan gave up dough to be a politician.

It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.

The most gentle people in the world are macho males, people who are confident in their masculinity and have a feeling of well-being in themselves. They don't have to kick in doors, mistreat women, or make fun of gays.

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.

We don't even know who's in the Academy.

[FBI] philosophy is "Go ahead and make the story you want to make, and hopefully we'll love it." So that's that.