The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work.

I like to work in the morning. I like to sometimes go to a place where I'm all alone where I'm not going to get a phone call early that hurts my feelings, because once my feelings are hurt, I'm dead in the water.

You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.

It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.

If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor.

Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.