Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it.

The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.

Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you.

For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

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

I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.