I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.

I always feel that I'm sort of co-directing with my fellow actors. And you can tell when something's going on that really interests them and they approve of. And then you can sort of tell when there's not.

You'd rather have nothing than settle for less.

It makes you feel good when a movie works. Usually when I see an old movie I've made, I say to myself, 'Oh God, why did I do this?' and 'Why didn't I change that?' and things like that.

To denigrate the union movement in this way is to denigrate the right and the ability of people who are not rich to organize and to accomplish things together.

I mourn the loss of the gigantic screen, but I guess you can't have everything.

There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.