You can't anticipate in the room the riches of what you encounter when you're location hunting for a movie.

I idolized Superman when I was younger. I thought he and I had a lot in common. He was always going into phonebooths and taking off all his clothes.

I like broad comedy. If I had an idea tomorrow for a film that was all slapstick and broad comedy, and it was an idea that interested me, I would not hesitate to do it because I enjoy watching these kinds of film.

Some people want to achieve immortality through their works or their descendants. I prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.

You look up after many years and you find that a film has become a classic because it's meaningful to people and alive, decade after decade.

I have a great admiration for English actors and actresses and have used them at every opportunity over the years, but now I won't have to import them to New York.

I can't even make a leap of faith to believe in my own existence.