They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.

Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It's only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.

Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists.

Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.

If everyone worked with wide-angle lenses, I'd shoot all my films in 75mm, because I believe very strongly in the possibilities of the 75mm.

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

Why spend 18 hours watching someone else's war, when you know how it comes out? We win, and then have to buy all their cars.