Stardom equals freedom. It's the only equation that matters.

I liked being in the Marines. They gave me discipline I could live with. By the time I got out, I was able to cope with things on a more realistic level.

As far as art and filmmaking is concerned, I don't see there's any separation; it's just one continuous thing.

I've got a feeling I'm leaving stardom behind, you know. I'm gradually becoming more of a filmmaker, acquiring a different kind of dignity from that which you achieve in acting. After all, I'm no matinee idol, and I'm getting older. I don't think I can be doing my kind of thing in the seventies; I want to be on more of the creative side of business.

Sometimes you have to say goodbye to the things you know and hello to the things you dont.

People try to contain things by putting them into categories. I don't.

The Navajos have a saying they live by: 'A land where there is time enough and room enough.' I want that, too.