I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this.

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

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

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

I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.

I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.

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.