I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.

We all have idealism. We think we're healthy and then, all of a sudden, one day, you have cancer. The truth has a mind of its own.

I didn't like my classmates at Yale. George W.Bush was in my class. I didn't know it then.

Nixon identified himself as a crisis-laden man. He'd reach levels of victory and then he'd plunge into defeat. He was vice president, then he lost to Kennedy, then he lost the California governorship. Then came a great comeback and then he blew it again - and the next comeback, after he lost the presidency. He was a man who needed the feeling of walking the precipice.

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.

I think you should do rehearsal and work at it, but when the camera rolls, you should be ready. Try to make it good the first time.

One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.