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

The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape place in it.

To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but it is bitter and unforgettable.

Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.

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

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

I was always a self-conscious person.