My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.

A man is not from where he is born, but where he chooses to die.

There were centuries when civilization had no theater.

On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!''

Hollywood expects you to experiment but on a film that makes money and if you don't make money, you're to blame. Your job is to make money.

A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.

A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.