Any Good Movie Is Filled With Secrets.

There's Nothing In The American Dream About Character. It's A Serious Flaw.

All The Theories That Acting Is Reacting To Imaginary Circumstances As Though They Are Real, And Directing Is Turning Psychology Into Behavior, Those Are All Stabs At Something That Can't Be Taught. All The Great Actors Can't Talk About What They Do, And They Don't Want To Begin To Talk About It. They Just Do It.

Nerves Provide Me With Energy... It's When I Don't Have Them, When I Feel At Ease, That's When I Get Worried.

I Was Just Trying To Make A Nice Little Movie... It Wasn't Until I Saw It All Put Together That I Realized This Was Something Remarkable.

Directing Is Mystifying. It's A Long, Long, Skid On An Icy Road, And You Do The Best You Can Trying To Stay On The Road... If You're Still Here When You Come Out Of The Spin, It's A Relief. But You've Got To Have The Terror If You're Going To Do Anything Worthwhile.