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.

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.

If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die.

stay too closeand she will leave.stay too farand she will leave.distance is too delicate a thing.

Inspirations never go in for long engagements

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.

A mother is an unrelenting source of love.

Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I don't think its fair that I'm living for something I can't even define.

When you do something you love, you have a passion for it. It comes naturally. Staying true to yourself and doing what you love keeps you going...everything else falls into place.

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

At 1.24 am on 26 April 1986 Chernobyl’s Unit 4 reactor exploded after staff disabled safety systems and performed an ill-advised experiment to check – ironically enough – the reactor’s safety.

You know my faithfulness to you, never can another own my heart, never - never - never...

Man must live, not only exist; he must do, not merely be; he must grow, not just vegetate.