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.

The photographer and the director are where reality and fantasy meet.

But who said art has to cost money? And therefore, who says artists have to make money?

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.

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

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.

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