The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.

I don't mind telling a dark side.

You definitely do not do films for that particular reason. You do them for yourself, for your satisfaction of creating this thing with characters and watching these characters take on real life - that's all you care about.

Everything that you do is a challenge. And acting is just building up your concentration and being able to listen and to do the ridiculous.

You have to teach yourself to act but Michael Chekhov will give you the necessary tools - and for me, Psychological Gesture and Centers are extremely valuable They work like a charm. I've used them all along and still do.

First, I blow a hole in your face; then I go back inside, and sleep like a baby... I guarantee you.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.