The first thing I can really tell you is I really love the work.

Casting is 65 percent of directing.

There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world.

The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job

I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.

And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God, they all think they can edit.

I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

First, speaking for myself, I don't want to ever be in a position where I'm telling other directors how to make movies, because I don't think it's any of my business.

The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie.

No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That's the only way to keep the roads clear.

It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it's usually because the writer hasn't be careful enough.

The outfit, tight in places, and loose in some, says as much in the buttons as it does in cuffs.

[On speaking of family secrets:] I don't know how you heal a wound and not let it get some air.

Today's ballroom dances like the swim, the frug, the chicken and the monkey are really nervous disorders set to music.

Don't be afraid of losing, be afraid of playing a game and not learning something.

Believe me, Hillary Clinton has tremendous hate in her heart.

Nationalism is both a vital medicine and a dangerous drug

You have to self-reflect. If you forget who you actually are, then what's the use of even looking in the mirror.

Foreign aid is not something the vast majority of Americans support, but definitely not conservatives.