Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else.

I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom. I mark only the happy hours, like the sundial, because otherwise I would have gone nuts.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

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

Crooks aren't the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.