It's All Just One Film To Me.

[the Player Is] Not A Truthful Indictment Of Hollywood. It's Much Uglier Than I Portrayed It, But Nobody Would've Been Interested If I'd Shown Just How Sadistic, Cruel And Self-orientated It Is.

I Love Fishing. You Put That Line In The Water And You Don't Know What's On The Other End. Your Imagination Is Under There.

People Have Asked Me Throughout The Years Which Directors Have Influenced Me. I Don't Know Their Names, Because I Was Mostly Influenced When I'd See A Film And Think, "man, I Want To Be Sure To Never Do Anything Like That." So I Never Learned Their Names. It Wasn't A Matter Of Copying Or Emulating Somebody I Admired. It Was Getting Rid Of A Lot Of Stuff.

I Have Never Made A Movie That's Attracted A 14-year-old Boy.

They'll Never Give Me An Oscar. And I Sincerely, Honestly Don't Care. I Always Turn Up When I'm Nominated And It Would Be Nice To Get One, But To Win One Would Be Bad Luck. It Comes With Too Much Expectation. It Would Be The End.