I always felt the world cannot fall apart as long as free men see the rainbow, feel the rain and hear the laugh of a child.

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

I have a feeling that demonstrations don't accomplish anything. That they become fads. I also feel that demonstrations wouldn't go on unless there is a TV camera. That part of it all is performance for the media. I didn't know whether they are completely honest.

My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!

Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.

Man must be able to recover, to win out, triumph over adversity. And I don't mean just the little adversity like paying his room rent or something. But those deep, deep human adversities because something he has faith in has turned to ashes. Where someone he loves turns out to be just another joke. You get to the point of suicide. But you can bounce back - they can't completely destroy you.

I have a sixth sense for casting. I just have to see and talk to the actors. I never make tests. I like to work with crowds. I like to get the principals in a crowd. When they do, something else comes off, something special.