We laughed over it, and Hemingway punched me in the mouth.

As an artist, you are always striving toward an ultimate achievement but never seem to reach it. You shoot a film, and the result could have always been better. You try again, and fail once more. In some ways I find it enjoyable. You never lose sight of your goal. I don’t do my job to make money or to break box office records, I simply try things out. What would happen if I were to achieve perfection at some point? What would I do then?

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.

Once the movie's over, there's not much point. When the thing is edited, mixed, and color-corrected, and you've finished it... In my case, I never read anything about it, I never think about it.

Our love, our love will last forever. It's forever but it just doesn't work. That's why it will always be romantic because it can not be complete.

At the trial Stubbs chose to act as his own lawyer, but a conflict over his fee led to ill feelings.

There are worse things than death. Many of them playing at a theater near you.