I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition.

There's evidence of a social decline in direct proportion to technology and the industrialization of the motion picture industry.

Yes, there are directors I admire, the mavericks. Altman. There are many good directors.

Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know if you are in or out. That desperate competition is, I think, horrendous. It's awful.

Well you're talking about a long career, a lot of movies, a lot of stars. I guess working with Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn was a great privilege.

It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!

I don't know a lot of agents like Al Hack.

No one turns down a film with Woody; it's something everyone wants in their career as an important moment. He's such a comedic genius, without question, so I was thrilled.

There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized.

Hands can cook, hands can create, hands can kill. There is no better tool than our hands.

Forgiveness without understanding is like faith without proof.

What’s her name? Claire, what’s her name?

Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.

Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.

Our earliest efforts will be heard with joy by our Heavenly Father, however they are phrased.

I don't call myself an 'industrial designer,' because I'm other things. Industrial designers want to make novel things. Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept.

Obedience and resignation are our personal offerings upon the altar of duty.

I didn't consider myself a huge baby person. I'm not like, "Oh my god! I want to hold every baby!" And some women just have that engraved in their minds.

The only person with whom you have to compare ourselves, is that you in the past. And the only per-son better you should be, this is who you are now.