You could write all the IDEAS of all the movies, my own included, on the head of a pin.

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.

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

The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.

When television came along, I'd already done more than 10 years of radio work and I thought everyone would want me. I sat around waiting for the phone to ring - and it didn't.

I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.

I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.