I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

Casting is 65 percent of directing.

There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world.

The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job

I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.

And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God, they all think they can edit.

The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

First, speaking for myself, I don't want to ever be in a position where I'm telling other directors how to make movies, because I don't think it's any of my business.

The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie.

I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work.

It does not matter how old you are. Recognize your calling and begin to work toward its fulfillment

You can never experience a major positive change in your life without controlling your mind to work in favor of your destiny.

I was torn apart. But you, my knight, you found all the pieces and put me back together.

I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not.

I was not really as good as I should have been.

A happy life is just a string of happy moments. But most people don't allow the happy moment, because they're so busy trying to get a happy life.

For what do we live, but to make sport by subjecting our neighbors to endless discretionary review for minor additions?

A war, or any wild-goose chase, is, as the vulgar use the phrase, a lucky turn-up of patronage for the minister, whose chief merit is the art of keeping himself in place.

All that is great in man comes through work; and civilization is its product.

The process of living is the process of reacting to stress.