As I've mentioned, a large part of my father's legacy is the lesson he taught his sons. He brought us together and said, 'The measure of a man is how well he provides for his children.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

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

I want my great-granddaughter to have a fairly good understanding of the world in which I lived for 81 years and also the world before I came into it - all the way back a hundred thousand years, to the beginning of our species.

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.

I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.