Mr. Hitchcock did not say actors are cattle. He said they should be treated like cattle.

I think one day youll find that you're the hero you've been looking for.

I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.

You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks.

Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners.

You must be oh-so smart, or oh-so pleasant. For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant...and you may quote me.

The great thing about the movies ... is-you're giving people little ... tiny pieces of time ... that they never forget.

Learn from the masters, learn from your contemporaries. Always try to update yourself.

Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight.

You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.

To the man who prays habitually (not only when he feels like it-that is one of the snares of religion-but also when he does not feel like it) Christ is sure to make Himself real.

those who have loved are those that have found God

If you don't smell good, then you don't look good.

It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.

A lot of writers, because they don't understand actors, feel like, in order to be better at their performance, they have to change the words around a lot.

The world had ended, so why had the battle not ceased, the castle fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms?

People only ask questions when they're ready to hear the answers.

Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation.

But you don't need to worry. The Lord will never let his mouthpiece lead the people astray.

What we need now is heroes - millions of them. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

Very often we write down a sentence too early, then another too late; what we have to do is write it down at the proper time, otherwise it's lost.