Certainly for my father, there were great times, good times, not-so-good times. He might be shooting a Fellini film for six months, then not working for two months. I'm used to that dynamic.

It's always very strange to have your life dramatized because it never happens like that. Things will be different.

You can't deny reality just because you can't explain it.

They know you're not Alfred Hitchcock, but you need to be enough Alfred Hitchcock for them not to be bothered by it. That's a reassuring thing.

I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against this little guy, and how is he going to defeat them?

I don't know if it's harder but when you're playing a real person you want to honor their memory - even if they're a criminal or someone that the public loathed. That can be challenging.

One key element to Hitchcock is the drooping jowl. That was crucial because his silhouette is crucial. There is something about his silhouette that became his brand.

I'd love most of the movies I make to be four hours long.

There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so it's a big question of luck.

There's not a huge pile of scripts at home. It's what happens to be on the table at that moment with your availability. And then you have no control over when these things come out.

But I think the children of actors share a certain pragmatic approach. One is denied some of that 'running away with the circus' element of being an actor.

The knives of betrayal and drama cut deep and hurt… but they also trim away the nonsense and reveal your true friends.

...what exactly is there in human existence that can lure you away from pleasure: peace of mind, a walk by the sea, moderation?

... science demands a terrible price - that we accept what experiments tell us about the universe, whether we like it or not.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul.

A salary was not sufficient for me.

I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a god, it wasn't a person.

I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear, but I'm going to talk straight to the American people and let them know my track record also.

There's never a time when I'm not working. I don't take vacations.

Everyone faces difficulties; not everyone looks for the opportunities in every difficulty.