I think great movies have to have some great moments in them to bring them up to that level.
The reason I still work at this stage of life is because I enjoy learning something new each day.
The best part of aging in this business is losing that obsession about work and being able to spend a little more time with family.
Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That’s the only way you can get elected.
Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.
Once you finish a film, it doesn’t belong to you anymore – it belongs to the audience to interpret it the way they feel like interpreting.
You definitely do not do films for that particular reason. You do them for yourself, for your satisfaction of creating this thing with characters and watching these characters take on real life – that’s all you care about.
I tried being reasonable, I didn’t like it.
Most people are afraid of change. But if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort.
If a person doesn’t change, there’s something really wrong with him.
I guess a great movie would be one that has the most great moments in it.
I’m not really conservative. I’m conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don’t any more.
I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote.
If you think it’s going to rain, it will.
If you cast a film incorrectly, then you’re going to be fighting an uphill battle.
In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.
A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness.
Am I aging? The pros and the cons? Well, you know a lot more, at least until the time you start forgetting it all. Actually, aging can be a fun process, to some degree.
The most gentle people in the world are macho males, people who are confident in their masculinity and have a feeling of well-being in themselves. They don’t have to kick in doors, mistreat women, or make fun of gays.
I do believe in self-help.