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

When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on.

I may be getting old, but not foolish.

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

I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.