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

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

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

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

If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition

The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.

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.