Because of the way the business is structured, I have sometimes turned down scripts that I might otherwise have accepted had I known who was directing them.

If you're going to write, write one poem all your life, let nobody read it, and then burn it. This is very young thinking, I confess, but it is the seminal part of my life.

Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not.

Take caution in your tone, commander. I'm a fair man, but this -- heat is making me absolutely crazy.

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.

What's beautiful is all that counts, pal. That's ALL that counts.

I take responsibility for my successes as well as my failures. But when I look at my professional mistakes, I'm always left with the feeling that maybe I should have done more.