You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.

I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?

Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.

Any journey in life, if not done for human reasons of understanding and love, would be a very empty and lonely one.

Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.

Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do.