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

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.

Wonder is our need today, not information.

I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.

I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.

I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.

The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.