A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.

Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.

I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.

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

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

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.

I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.