I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.

Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature.

It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me.

Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful.

My film isn't about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. It's what it was really like. It was crazy. And the way we made it was very much like the way the Americans were in Vietnam. We were in the jungle, there were too many of us, we had access to too much money, too much equipment and little by little we went insane.

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.

I live near San Francisco in the most beautiful spot on earth and enjoy myself in many ways. Yes, I love to work, which for now is to think and read and write, so it's all a dream come true.