There are films that I've made that I like a little bit more than the others. But the films that I mostly watch, and see over and over again, are not my own.

I don't look back or analyze my films. I just make them. It's for someone else to look at.

And it was only a week later that I realized a close up of Steve McQueen was worth the greatest landscape you could find.

Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If i had to pay money to do it, I would do itIt's problematical. It's disapointing often. It's very challenging. It's frustrating as hell. It's extremely demanding and totally satisfying work. And if I wasn't doing this, I would have to do legitimate work for a living. There are guys out there really working for a living, cleaning streets or coal mining, teaching. Directing is playing. Acting.

I don't believe that Citizen Kane or Gone With the Wind, or any damn picture that you can name, would be better off in 3D. I think it's a gimmick. I find 3D distracting.

If you're a movie star, the studios don't want you to act. They just want you to show up and look good and chase girls and have a lot of laughs.

The art of movies is to allow the audience to suspend their disbelief. They need to use their imaginations.