Have you ever had a single moment's thought about my responsibilities?

If Gary Cooper and Henry Fonda had a baby, it would be Matthew Modine.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

I'm just an old man and I smell bad, remember?

Shooting a movie is the worst milieu for creative work ever devised by man.

I've never achieved spectacular success with a film. My reputation has grown slowly. I suppose you could say that I'm a successful filmmaker-in that a number of people speak well of me. But none of my films have received unanimously positive reviews, and none have done blockbuster business.