You shouldn't dream your film, you should make it!

The work that I'm proudest of is the work that I'm most afraid of.

A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.

You can't start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting.

Bloated budgets are ruining Hollywood - these pictures are squeezing all the other types of movies out of Hollywood. It's disastrous.

When I grow up, I still want to be a director.

I just think that the qualities of leadership are unknown even to the leader until he's tested and given a challenge.