I have to have a working knowledge of light, and optics, film emulsions and their properties, and lenses, otherwise I can't create the shoots that are the vocabulary of the films. But it is not necessary for me to be a cameraman, I can hire a cameraman.

Well, I was born and raised in the Midwest, in Indiana specifically, and my childhood was full of weekend movies, you know, the Saturday and Sunday popcorn movies.

We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman.

I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor.

You don't normally do another presentation of All About Eve. You do one All About Eve, and that's it.

The essence of acting is seeing the world from another point of view. That's what acting is.

Hollywood was set up by a bunch of businessmen. They do not see their job as being philanthropists. I don't think it's a contradiction in terms to attempt to be a good businessman and to also be liberal.