If I can play a scene in a master shot, I always prefer it. And the actors always prefer it. It's fun to look at on the screen, the actors get a chance to sink their teeth into something substantial, and it's economically helpful.

That's the way I feel about the world: there are certain problems that can only be dealt with that way - going out and doing them. As ugly a truth as that is, I do think it's the truth about the world.

In short, the best thing to do is behave in a manner befitting one's age. If you are sixteen or under, try not to go bald.

My parents stayed together for forty years. But that was out of spite.

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.

If you don't have fun doing the film, then the results of the film will never give you any fun.

My grandfather had a wonderful funeral... On the buffet table there was a replica of the deceased in potato salad.