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.

There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway.

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

I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.

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.

I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.

I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.