The Only Safe Thing In Filmmaking Is

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.

There’s Nothing Better Than Discovering, To Your Own Astonishment, What You’re Meant To Do. It’s Like Falling In Love.

Jewish Introspection And Jewish Humor Is A Way Of Surviving . . . If You're Not Handsome And You're Not Athletic And You're Not Rich, There's Still One Last Hope With Girls, Which Is Being Funny.

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

If You Want To Be A Legend, God Help You, It's So Easy. You Just Do One Thing. You Can Be The Master Of Suspense, Say. But If You Want To Be As Invisible As Is Practical, Then It's Fun To Do A Lot Of Different Things.