Now, why is it that most of us can talk openly about the illnesses of our bodies, but when it comes to our brain and illnesses of the mind we clam up and because we clam up, people with emotional disorders feel ashamed, stigmatized, and don't seek the help that can make the difference.

I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.

Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.

When I produced Spartacus, the writer was Dalton Trumbo, who spent a year in jail because he would not answer McCarthy's questions about other people. He submitted the picture under the false name of Sam Jackson.

If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.