I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films.

We had access to too much equipment, too much money, and little by little we went insane.

So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?

George Lucas doesn't have the most physical stamina. He was so unhappy making Star Wars that he just vowed he'd never do it again.

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.

The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.