I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.

Being a former theater student, of course, there is a part of me that is fascinated with stage crafts and what you can do with illusions and working within the confines of the studio.

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.

Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.

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

If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.

I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue.