A film is like a battleground. It's love, hate, action, violence, death—In one word, emotions.

Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity.

We'll build a democracy here, even if it's with Nazi bricks.

A woman is just a script, but a cigar is a motion picture.

Surviving is the only glory in war.

There's a difference between a Nazi and a German.

I don't care if it's a mystery story, a Western, or the story of Julius Caesar. To me it's the emotion, the lies, the double-cross, whether it's Brutus doing it to Caesar or Bob Stack doing it to Robert Ryan that defines what kind of drama it is.