Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

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

I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

I've always had trouble with authority.

I'm the barbarian of Hollywood.

To be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.

A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.