I cannot say for certain that God does not exist; I think the worst thing that can be said about him is that he's a bit of an underachiever.

Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat...college.

As I got more confident, I was able to let actors improvise, and do long takes. It's 10%, 5% you learn and experience. The rest you just have or you don't have.

Arlene and I have to get a divorce. She thinks I'm a pervert because I drank our water bed.

One filmmaker makes films that are deep, intellectual, profound and confrontational. And the other one makes purely vacuous, escapist films. I'm not sure the one who makes escapist films is making a poorer contribution than the one who makes the deeper films.

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

As I've gotten older, the parts have diminished. I liked it when I was younger, I could always play the lead in the movie and I could do all the romantic scenes with the women, and it was fun and I liked to play that. Now, I'm older and I'm reduced to playing the backstage doorman or the uncle or something. I don't really love that so occasionally, when a part comes up, I'll play it.