I'm very interested in people, so if a character happens to be real, there's that much more to look at.

It's always very strange to have your life dramatized because it never happens like that. Things will be different.

You can't deny reality just because you can't explain it.

They know you're not Alfred Hitchcock, but you need to be enough Alfred Hitchcock for them not to be bothered by it. That's a reassuring thing.

I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against this little guy, and how is he going to defeat them?

I don't know if it's harder but when you're playing a real person you want to honor their memory - even if they're a criminal or someone that the public loathed. That can be challenging.

One key element to Hitchcock is the drooping jowl. That was crucial because his silhouette is crucial. There is something about his silhouette that became his brand.

I'd love most of the movies I make to be four hours long.

There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so it's a big question of luck.

There's not a huge pile of scripts at home. It's what happens to be on the table at that moment with your availability. And then you have no control over when these things come out.

Certainly for my father, there were great times, good times, not-so-good times. He might be shooting a Fellini film for six months, then not working for two months. I'm used to that dynamic.

Almost overnight, Albert Pinkham had gone from being barely able to keep his head above water to walking on the stuff.

Hold on with a bulldog grip and chew and choke as much as possible.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail.

Human destiny is an episode between two oblivions.

If some appalling disaster befalls, there's Always a way for the rich.

I love the sticky leaves in spring, the blue sky — that’s all it is. It’s not a matter of intellect or logic, it’s loving with one’s inside, with one’s stomach.

If the truth is told, the youth can grow Then learn to survive until they gain control Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes Read more learn more, change the globe

Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide.

Thus I am not able to exist either with you or without you; and I seem not to know my own wishes.