Most of what gets made now, you laugh your way through, go home and forget you've seen it.

You realize just how long youve been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access to local calls.

Even my agents say, 'We don't know what this business is anymore.'

We had training camp for a week, and we used the actual military drills of that period. We didn't have to work out much after hours, because going up and down hills all day was a good workout in itself.

I remember seeing Bill Hurt in New York once. I talked to him on the phone around 1988 and that's about it. I was shooting in New York and somebody said Glenn Close came by the set

I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect.

I don't think a director should have any kids. I don't even think it's good for your physical health. Even guys in their 30s look exhausted because directors never get enough sleep. What I do is stressful enough