I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work.

I feel that a picture that stays with you is made up of a hundred or more hidden things. They’re things that the audience is not conscious of, but that accumulate.

Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a marvelous man.

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there.

Once you find the right idea, then go ahead and embellish it.

I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.

It's always the story that interests me.