There's nothing more toxic or deadly than a human child. A single touch could kill you.

The Magnificent Seven was really kind of a miraculous event that took place in my life.

Killing is an excellent way of dealing with a hostility problem.

It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs.

Act as if it was, and it will be.

I'm beginning to wonder when the Doomsday Clock will be reset to five minutes before 1939?

I don't want all the silver and gold of the world, Dillon said. What I'm seeking is to know. I want to understand God and I want to know His wisdom.

Learning to love yourself is easier when you have someone to show you how.

Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.

Fools boast of what they will do. Heroes do it.

In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.

The desire to be significant casts a pall.

The more you're able to understand how to do a good dramatic performance, that can inform your comedy. It all informs one another. And it keeps everything interesting.

For maximum impact, listen more and speak less.