I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else

I was a dummy in school.

A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting

Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.

I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then

My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much.

I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me

Excellence/Perfection is not a destination

Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom it floats, and you are without effort impelled to truth, to right and a perfect contentment.

The truth about life is complicated, indefensible and embarrassing.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Leadership is about being a servant first.

There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.

I don't believe in the death penalty. I believe that there are other people as we speak right now in prison, wrongfully accused, who could serve such a fate. That is injustice at its greatest.

Sanctuary is for lovers, not fighters, this season.

O God, how easily I make them happy! Give me strength to be always the light of their lives and so lead them to You!

It's not just modern-day society that is liberal.