An actor has to embody a role.

The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.

The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.

This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time.

My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer.

But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.

It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain look.

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.

But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is.

But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.

Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.

[Josiah P. Mendum memorial at Paine Hall][He turned] the strait-laced Boston of sixty years ago [into] the enlightened Hub of today, . . . to 'destroy bigotry and uproot the evils of superstition.

I went along with it, and wanted to appoint a significant figure in Malcolm Fraser. I didn't have high hopes that they'd be able to do anything, but something was worth a try.

With modeling, you are the client and you give them what they want... with music, it is all about you, people are buying into you as a person.

You, our youth of today, are among the most illustrious spirits to be born into mortality in any age of the world. Yours is a noble heritage and a wonderful opportunity.

Write a page a day. It will add up.

The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.

I don't have any elaborate uniforms; I come to the ring in a T-shirt, a pair of sneakers and some shorts.

"Antiques Roadshow" is my favorite show. Every Monday night I have one hour of appointment television. I get the popcorn out and tell my husband, "don't bother me."

When you are at Rome, do as you see.

It's important to just keep wanting whatever it is you want and fight for it, desperately.