The essence of acting is seeing the world from another point of view. That's what acting is.

Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process.

Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.

I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.

I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way.

I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.

But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.

I have one life. I am a certain age. I'm married to one person. I have a certain number of children. I won't have another life other than that, but I do have many lives through the films.

I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures.

Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished.

One wants to be able to experience being other people, remaking a reality, remaking a life, remaking a certain world.

Be an example to teach, be a role model to follow, and be a leader to emulate.

Take the time out to have a look at yourself, it might help you to appreciate yourself better.

These moments were wondrous and divine, instances when the gossamer curtain between heaven and earth ripped and all of humanity witnessed the marvel of the ethereal beings.

Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life.

If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people.

Venice is the prettiest city I've ever seen. It looks like a Disneyland ride.

There is no gratitude for things past. Gratitude is always for what you're going to do for people in the future.

True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.

Never do but one thing at a time, and never put off till to-morrow what you can do today.

I got a little bit of the Marine mentality from my dad, I guess. You can't but help absorb the culture you're around.