I still think Ned Beatty should've played Don Corleone.

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.

The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready for it.

When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get it something with those qualities that make it age well with the public.

The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.

It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important.