A theater is being given over to market forces, which means that a whole generation that should be able to do theater as well as see it is being completely deprived

There always comes a moment where all the departments in a film need to work together. And if a director, his first assistant director, and cinematographer have a very clear vision, then everybody does work together.

I was surprised when I was asked to play Miss Daisy and wondered if I could - only in part because she was Jewish but, also because she was a Southern woman who has hardly opened her mouth before she declares she's not prejudiced, and yet everything she does shows how totally prejudiced she is.

Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.

Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings

Theater helps people keep sane.

A deeper truth the camera can see can be more surprising than even the director imagined it could be. That's a wonderful thing that grows and happens in films.