Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.

I've come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one's capacity - or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back off, fight your fight, pay your dues, and carry on. Effort is all; continue and you may get there despite everything.

The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.

I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed.

The camera is more than a recorder, it's a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their most private and concealed thoughts.

There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.

The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.