When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

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.

The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.

There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.

I would wrestle Hulk Hogan when I'm 50 years old.

In every countrey the sun rises in the morning. [In every country the sun rises in the morning.]

90% of what is considered "impossible" is, in fact, possible. The other 10% will become possible with the passage of time & technology.

In a lot of close games, I can make a difference with my speed.

Every generation has their challenge. And things change rapidly, and life gets better in an instant.

Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.

When resistance is gone, the demons are gone.

At the end of the day, I remain a country boy inside.