Good storytelling is harder than it sounds, but the easy part is that everyone has the ability to do it. ...Tap into it.

At Casablanca we did 'Midnight Express,' 'Flashdance,' and 'The Deep.' My willingness for risk has always been my strength.

Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.

A German shepherd dog could walk in the office with a script in his mouth, and if that script was really good, they'd buy the script.

There are no rules, but you break them at your peril.

A gun can be dangerous. But a gun can protect you, you can hunt for food with it - you know, the tool itself is a tool. The intention of the party using the tool is a part of the process, right? You know: the knife cuts the steak, stabs the person, saves somebody from danger, cuts somebody out of a car.

Nothing replaces being in the same room, face to face, breathing the same air and reading and feeling each other's micro-expressions.