Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

My definition of success is not having things thrown at me!

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.

Criticism is the essence of creation.

The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.