God has a hard-on for a Marine because we kill everything we see. He plays His game, we play ours.

I've never laid a cane on the back of a lord before, but if you force me to I shall speedily become used to the practice.

I, uh, don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and to exercise taste and judgment in helping the actor give his best possible performance.

You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else: the perfect mediocrity--no better, no worse. Individuality is a monster and it must be strangled in its cradle to make our friends feel comfortable.

I didn't want murder. It's all gone wrong.