I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

Wonder is our need today, not information.

There are so many books I mean to read, and things I mean to see.

Every successful work of God must have opposition.

Your mind knows only some things. Your inner voice, your instinct, knows everything. If you listen to what you know instinctively, it will always lead you down the right path.

It just goes to show, if you try to ruin someone's life, it only gets better. You just don't get to be a part of it.

I try to get as close to a childlike level as possible because we were all artists back then.

An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.

I was looking for people who didn't have any preconceptions about films, what I call the "post-rules" generation.

Flood your imagination with vision... if your deepest needs, values and internal beliefs agree with your direction, then you're more likely to succeed.

Treat everyone how you want to be treated.

I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.