I hate to say that, but the past was much more fascinating. I don't particularly care for any of the current crop of actors. I don't particularly care for any of the current crop of directors. But I have a lot of friends who are editors, and there are a lot of technical things going on here that are interesting.

This flick is all I have to say about being 17, the United States Navy, Christmas and the Fourth of July.

Nobody in America, in the modern generation, has read their mythology or legends.

I've never made a film using dialogue or speech.

A lavish colored evocation of Hollywood now gone, as shown through an afternoon in the milieu of the 1920's film star.

Lucifer is the patron saint of the visual arts. Color, form - all these are the work of Lucifer.

I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't seem to want to take too many risks with living people.