I am my age. I'm not making any effort to change it.

Why do I ask for directions? Because I hate wasting time.

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.

I was one of the few people who thought Star Wars was going to work, and I hadn't even seen any special effects.

Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live for ever and they're 40 ft wide and 20 ft high.

There have been times in my life when I have felt I was lonely, but I don't think you want to live your life in order to mitigate against loneliness.

As a matter of fact, that was a bit of a problem for me at the beginning of my career - the problem of identification. In The Conversation I played a character who was gay, so nobody recognised me from American Graffiti. When I did Apocalypse Now, after Star Wars, I played an intelligence officer of the American army. George Lucas saw the footage I had done and didn't recognise me until halfway through the scene.