Symbolism perhaps is a bit in your face, and I've tried my best to control that as best I can as I've grown older and thought that one could approach something with a little more subtlety.

Symbolism perhaps is a bit in your face, and I've tried my best to control that as best I can as I've grown older and thought that one could approach something with a little more subtlety.

Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place.

I've never felt that using something with tongue in cheek has been a bad thing.

There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson.

No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen.

Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes.