You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest.
If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition
A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.
I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.
A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.