Hollywood -- that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

It's no accident that Tony Hopkins is a wonderful film actor.

They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine. They said Annie Leibovitz wants to take your picture and I thought, How nice!

So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals.

There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed.

The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.

My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.