I was a hoodlum. I was a gang member, and art saved my life.

The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.

I think creativity is spiritual. I absolutely believe that.

I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.

The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.

With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia.

I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.

As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.

I'm just having a wonderful time. It's an interesting thing that I'm very comfortable with this material and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I did MacBeth.

Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.

There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.

I am one thing, my writings are another.

For what avail the plough or sail Or land or life if freedom fail?

It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness.

If you choose not to pursue your dreams, you'll still be a part of a dream - only it will be someone else's.

I would love to do Broadway. I dont think theres anything more amazing than theater. OK, Supergirl is number one. Maybe I could be Supergirl on Broadway That would be perfect.

I've got a clear line between work and real life.

Fish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon.

Productivity growth is the only possible way to achieve prosperity.

Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.

Crime dramas will never go away as long as people turn to television for, among other things, reassurance and comfort.