Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And after I've finished "shooting," my unharmed victims are still around for others to enjoy. I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.

I always told Hitch that it would have been better to put seats around the set and sell tickets.

We all look the same with our helmets on.

You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks.

After age 70, it's patch, patch, patch.

You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.

Mr. Hitchcock did not say actors are cattle. He said they should be treated like cattle.