Most Of My Films I Call Arena

You Will Never See'altman's Great Film Of The Seventies: The Director's Cut' Because You Have Never Seen A Film Of Mine That Wasn't The Director's Cut. I Have Never Permitted It.

I've Never Had A Big Hit Movie. "mash" Was Probably The Biggest. I Don't Make Those Kind Of Films, And I Never Have. I Wish Each One Of Them Would Just Do Billions Of Dollars Worth Of Ticket Sales, But They Never Do And They Never Will.

I've Had It-the Agencies, The Winking, The Networks, The Ratings. Anyone Who Thinks Tv Is An Art Medium Is Crazy-it's An Advertising Medium.

I Make No Apologies For Popeye. Behind M*a*s*h, It's My Biggest Hit. It Got Maligned By The Critics Because It Wasn't Superman. It Wasn't About Special Effects And It Wasn't Made For 14-year-old Boys. The Majority Of Films Are Made For 14-year-old Boys; I Don't Know Where They Get The Eight Bucks To Get In. It's Hush Money From The Parents.

We Make Too Much Of The Good And Too Much Of The Bad.