As an actor, Sean [Penn] is brilliant. And he's really an excellent director, as well. We got along really well.

I am actually retired - yes, I am retired. But I like to work. So I'm retired until someone calls me up to work.

Kubrick was one of those directors who actually did practically everything in his movies. He actually directed, photographed, wrote, lit, edited - everything. A few people can be like that.

A good [film] director is talented, imaginative, and does his homework.

If you do not bother to take the time to compose and to light properly, then you end up with something almost less than reality. You end up without the soul, the heart, the art of the moment.

What I would suggest to the young people is to not forget this and don't try to get assimilated into today's Hollywood style of movies because I don't think it's going to last long.

There is something more to "reality" than just the tangible. There is also mood, and you cannot skip that.