An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.

We suffer pain, we hang tight to hope, we nurture expectations, we are plagued occasionally by fears, we are haunted by defeats and unrealized hopes . . . The hoplessness of which I speak is not limited.

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be.

I don't very often read novels.

My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

My autobiography was simply the story of my life.