I believe today that there is no film and no shot in a film that is worth a squirrel getting a sprained ankle.

I had absolutely no focus as a kid. I never paid attention at school, I never went to college. Not because we were too poor; we were. But if I wanted to go to college, I would have found a way.

We all wind up the same way, no matter what our goals or ambitions are. We have nothing at all to say about how we got into this world or how are going to leave it.

I don't like 3D. I don't believe there is any film that I have seen and loved that would have been improved by a scintilla in 3D. To me, it's just a gimmick.

Star Wars is one of a handful of films that changed the zeitgeist forever.

Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest - I will say the greatest

Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If I had to pay money to do it, I would do it... Directing is playing. Acting.