People can very quickly have a very poor self-image. It doesn't take much.

I live in a state of hypersensitivity, and I've always had this feeling that something bad is going to happen to myself, or my wife and children. This manifests itself in different fears and visions.

I can't afford to step away from acting, but the one thing I've learnt after all these years is that I don't fit in. It's very difficult to be at the mercy of other people's whims and visions.

My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at times.

You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

What's my dilemma here? Am I making entertainment or am I making art? What am I saying? At the end of the day, cinema is entertainment for millions of people, but for me it's expression.

I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man.

If you want to learn what someone fears losing, watch what they photograph.

The reader who is illuminated is in a real sense the poem.

I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.

When you realize that prosperity is your divine heritage, you should persist in claiming it.

Justice, not the majority, should rule.

Frugality is a handsome income.

My love life is like everyone else's - great, and then terrible.

When we cling too tightly to what God did last, we often miss what God wants to do next.

Everywhere man is in disguise! Who is who is unknown! Try to enter the mask and find out who the man inside really is!

Most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath.