When I was very young, I remember my mother telling me about a friend of hers in Germany, a pianist who played a symphony that wasn't permitted, and the Germans came up on stage and broke every finger on her hands. I grew up with stories of Nazis breaking the fingers of Jews.

I had no choice. It was just something that happened. I was always looking for ways to act out, and I got a camera and it acted out for me.

I've been shooting movies and television shows for now 47 years and I've worked with the best of them and [Kirk Douglas] is the only movie star I ever met.

If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.

I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera.

My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice.

I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up.