I like my films to influence the audience. Even if it means tripping their aged grandparents with a cane when they get home.

Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.

I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to.

The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.

A merry Christmas to all my friends except two.

I write my scripts short and they develop on the set, which I have found a far better premise both economically and practically.

I have been in the entertainment business some forty-three years, and I have never said anything detrimental or anything that might be construed as belittling any race or religion. I would be a sucker to do so because you can't insult the customers.