I Would Rather Do What I Did

The Real Challenge Is Not Simply To Survive. Hell, Anyone Can Do That. It’s To Survive As Yourself, Undiminished.

A Good Director's Not Sure When He Gets On The Set What He's Going To Do.

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.

The More Ambivalent You Are And The More Uncertain You Are, Then You Can Get Something That You Cannot Anticipate.

I Was Not What You'd Call A First-class Actor, But I Did All Right.