My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

Far as I can tell, I still have most of my hair, my gut is not hanging over my belt, and I still have all of my teeth.

Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real.

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

If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.