There’s always been this hocus-pocus or magical, mystical thing associated with the making of film that sort of psyches people out and makes them think that this cannot be done; that this is a craft that cannot be learned.

A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.

A woman who is very secure in herself, what she's about, what she wants to do, who probably figures that she's a prize catch-sooner or later he's going to come around.

I really don't deal with hypotheticals.

Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.

When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it's all degraded since then. I do not know what kind of nation we are that is cutting art, music, and gym out of the public-school curriculum.