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 remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while.

I remember in The Conversation, they brought all these coats to me, and they said: Do you want him to look like a detective, Humphrey Bogart? Do you want him to look like a blah blah blah. I didn't know, and said the theme is 'privacy' and chose the plastic coat you could see through. So knowing the theme helps you make a decision when you're not sure which way to go.

I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn’t have a lot of friends. Theater really represented that kind of camaraderie.

Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued.

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies.