Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight.

Frank called me one day and said, 'I have an idea for a movie, why don't you come over and I'll tell you?' So I went over and we sat down and he said, 'This picture starts in heaven'. That shook me.

Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners.

It may sound corny, but what's wrong with wanting to fight for your country. Why are people reluctant to use the word patriotism?

The problem of evil is raised more often by spectators of life than the actual combatants. You will hardly ever find that the great sufferers are the great skeptics.

I don't need other people. I don't need help. I can take care of me.

The great thing about the movies ... is-you're giving people little ... tiny pieces of time ... that they never forget.