You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

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

The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed.

Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.

I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.

The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards.