I haven't committed all the crimes in my movies, I would have gotten the death penalty many years ago if I had.

I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy.

Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you.

If you can make someone laugh who's dead set against you, that's the first step to winning them over to your side.

I can't complain about anything. It's like saying, "I don't like talkies." Time marches on and I don't care how people watch my movies as long as they see them. I don't care if they're on their phone. Believe me, if you ever want to watch my early films they would look a lot better on your phone than they would on a movie screen. The smaller the better.

Censorship has been my best press agent my whole life.

I didn't become a drug addict because I always had to make a movie.