I think I made essential a mistake in staying in movies, because I - but it's a mistake I can't regret, because it's like saying, 'I shouldn't have stayed married to that woman, but I did because I love her.'

I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

I started at the top and worked my way down.

There are a thousand ways of playing a good classic. If it were effective, I would play Hamlet on a trapeze.

The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate.

Each multiplex has screens allocated to each studio. The screens need filling. Studios have to create product to fill their screen, and the amount of good product is limited.