The nature of the work is to prepare for a good accident .

For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.

All good work requires self-revelation.

Everything becomes creative if the person doing the job is

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.

Good style, to me, is unseen style.

The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't.

It's art. It's commerce. It's heartbreaking and it's fun. It's a great way to live.

I only said 'Titanic' is unwatchable because one can not watch it.

There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.

History is the hallmark of humanity.

Some people are here on earth because they were sent to hell

The truth of a thing is the feel of it not the think of it.

I've always been terrified about being bored. I always think being bored is the worst thing. The only strategic decision I ever made as an actor was to try and make each job as different as possible.

Punk is like not about the style, its about the music!

Mothers tell your children not to do the things I have done, to spend my life in sin and misery in the House of the Rising Sun.

When you are at one with the world, you often find that the thing you seek is seeking you.

Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.

To find truth completely is to realize oneself and one's destiny, i.e. to become perfect.

Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy.