Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.

The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.

I think creativity is spiritual. I absolutely believe that.

I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.

The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.

With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia.

I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.

As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.

I'm just having a wonderful time. It's an interesting thing that I'm very comfortable with this material and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I did MacBeth.

Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.

There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.

You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.

You don't have to be where you find yourself to be.

May the Father judge him justly.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Let's Do It; Let's Fall in Love.

There is no disinfectant like success.

The Almighty proves his existence by creating.

The earth is, like our own skin, fated to carry the scars of ancient wounds.

Let those who believe, believe. Let those who doubt, doubt.

The cry for peace will be a cry in the wilderness, so long as the spirit of nonviolence does not dominate millions of men and women.