I've always had trouble with authority.

I'm the barbarian of Hollywood.

A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it.

I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.

The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.

I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.