I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.

Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.

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

Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent.

Today's winemakers still worry about quality.

I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.

Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up.