I Didn't Have The Problem Of Finding

With Kids You Can Take A Chance But Casting A Guy At 45 Is Different. You Don't Discover Somebody That Age. If An Actor Hasn't Made It By That Time He Probably Has No Talent.

Some Directors, Like Stevens [george Stevens], Shoot Full Circle, 360 Degrees, And That's What's Right For Them. I Generally Shoot At About A Seven To One Ratio. But Part Of That Is Because I've Worked On Every Screenplay, So I'm Further Along In The Visual Concept.

I Think There Should Be Collaboration, But Under My Thumb.

The Physical Life Of The Scene Is Determined By Whether The Set Squeezes People Together Or Whether The Set Has An Escape Place In It.

I've Lost Many Of My Best Friends... I'm Going To Satisfy Myself Now, Not The Critics, Not Even My Friends.