Most directors have one masterpiece by which they are known. Kurosawa has at least eight or nine.

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.

There's nothing creative about living within your means.

I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college.

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.

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.

Sound is your friend because sound is much cheaper than picture, but it has equal effect on the audience - in some ways, perhaps more effect because it does it in a very indirect way.