I was a smart kid and I was not understood by my parents.

Heaven knows, we all make mistakes. That's life - and chess.

I have no regard for that kind of ceremony. I just don't think they know what they're doing. When you see who wins those things-or who doesn't win them-you can see how meaningless this Oscar thing is.

It has become harder and harder in the United States to make films unhampered by outside influences. I've always been able to steer clear of that and keep the business people out of my hair completely.

One of the interesting things is, the most gifted people, the biggest people, have no problem taking small roles.

There will be no major solution to the suffering of humanity until we reach some understanding of who we are, what the purpose of creation was, what happens after death. Until those questions are resolved we are caught.

Of all human weakness obsession is the most dangerous. And the silliest.