I don't want to see the zipper in the back of the monster suit. Like everybody else who goes to the movies, I want to believe the monster is real.

I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theater, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.

Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough.

Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.

TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film.

If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini.

I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.

I'm not sure who's right, who's wrong, but it doesn't matter. Sometimes you just have to do what you're told. That's who we are!

I consider myself a very lucky man indeed.

I did a film called 'Fort McCoy,' based on a true story of one of the few internment camps during WWII that was actually in the United States.

I have a love/hate relationship with just about all technology in my life. My first typewriter in particular. I had a helluva time putting new ribbon on it.

To forget God's law is our tragedy.

God will sometimes test us in regard to what we value highly to make sure that we value Him most.

There isn't a soul on the planet who doesn't crave your approval.

I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.

A raznochinets needs no memory—it is enough for him to tell of the books he has read, and his biography is done.

I've spend my whole life hating and loving my brother with equal measure. I never though I would be the one to help drive a stake through his heart.

I think comedy has to be an intellectual pursuit. It comes down to logic and analysis. As soon as it becomes emotional, it's not comedy anymore.

It’s difficult to create fashion, you can’t just learn it, you have to have fashion in your DNA.

You have to figure out who am I? What do I want to do? What do I want to say?

I'm prepared to do battle for a dream that is worth dreaming.