My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there.

I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.

Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.

That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.

I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.

I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things.

As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.

Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.

It's funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it's fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.

I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things.

Ignorance hides in darkness

There are people who come into our lives as welcome as a cool breeze in summer- and last about as long.

Both men had made her feel as if she were the one who was at fault, a typically masculine reaction to a woman who was able to act independently of them.

I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970.

A movie should entertain you in a way that will also open your mind. I think movies are tools to enrich your experience.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene.

It's very gratifying to me to see my works bringing people closer to my country.

When backed up against a wall, dig deep, demand excellence, stand tall, and be strong.

I don't see myself as a different guy than I was ten years ago. I don't have aspirations to be. It's really about where you're putting your energies. That's changing a lot.