The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.

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.

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

The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.

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.

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

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.