I suppose they call me a womans director because there were all these movie queens in the old days, and I directed most of them. But I also directed Jack Barrymore and Ronald Colman and James Stewart, to name a few.

You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure.

Don't let a kick in the ass stop you. It's how you cope that says what you are.

I know people who say Hollywood broke her heart, and all that, but I dont believe it. She was very observant and tough minded and appealing, but she adored and trusted the wrong people. She was very courageous-you know the book Twelve Against the Gods? Marilyn was like that, she had to challenge the gods at every turn.

But I also directed Jack Barrymore and Ronald Colman and James Stewart, to name a few.

You learn out of bitter experience, trial and error. Life teaches you that. As sincere as you all are, you can't learn it all in school.

Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director.