Life is tough and it's tough whether you're famous or not famous. And in the end it's probably better to be famous because the perks are better. You get better seats at the basketball game, and you get better tables and reservations places. If I call a doctor on Saturday morning I can get him. There's a lot of things, indulgences that you don't get, if you're not famous. Now I'm not saying it's fair. But I can't say that I don't enjoy it.

Problems are like toilet paper. You pull on one and ten more come.

My Lord, my Lord! What hath Thou done lately?

I usually want to crawl into the ground after I make a film, almost invariably.

Isn't all mankind ultimately executed for a crime it never committed?

Sometimes some of the best moments are contributed by the actors being creative, with their own improvisations.

I think Frank Capra was a much craftier filmmaker, a wonderful filmmaker. He had enormous technique, and he knew how to manipulate the public quite brilliantly.