As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

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

I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.

Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.