There are no minor decisions in movie making. Each decision will either contribute to a good piece of work or bring the whole movie crashing down around my head many months later.

For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.

All good work requires self-revelation.

Everything becomes creative if the person doing the job is

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.

Good style, to me, is unseen style.

The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't.

It's art. It's commerce. It's heartbreaking and it's fun. It's a great way to live.

I only said 'Titanic' is unwatchable because one can not watch it.

There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.

It isn't about knowing the most stories, child. It is about carrying the ones that are most important and passing them along.

Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.

When you're in a commodity business, the only way to thrive is to be a low-cost producer. And when you're selling money, you're in a commodity business.

Agitation and commitment are dangerous for the peace of humanity, and the only thing which is even more dangerous is their absence.

If you say children wouldn't know anything about masturbation on their own, you've never changed a little boy's diaper.

Let bygones be bygones because everybody knew that forgiveness was divine.

The long and winding road that leads to your door / Will never disappear, / I've seen that road before it always leads me here, / Leads me to your door.

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.

The weather still continues charming.

I didn't invent the middle finger, but I perfected the use of it.