I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses.

It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.

I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman.

Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film.

I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective.

It was the beginning of film for television. So we had all of these great opportunities. Northwestern was probably the only major film school of its kind at the time that was graduating anybody important.