You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all..

Most people don't know what they want or feel. And for everyone, myself included, It's very difficult to say what you mean when what you mean is pain….

I’ve never seen an exploding helicopter. I’ve never seen anybody go and blow somebody’s head off. So why should I make films about them? But I have s….

An artist can accomplish anything provided he doesn't accept facts or defeat for more than a few minutes..

I have the confidence that I can take anybody and have them give a good performance, because I don't think there's anything to acting except expressi….

People who are making films today are too concerned with mechanics - technical things instead of feeling..

Art films aren't necessarily photography. It's feeling. If we can capture a feeling of a people, of a way of life, then we made a good picture..

No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive..

You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense..

My films are expressive of a culture that has had the possibility of attaining material fulfillment while at the same time finding itself unable to a….

We only have two hours to change people's lives..

Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?.

The greatest location in the world is the human face..

Ricardo Montalban is to improvisational acting what Mount Rushmore is to animation..

(Acting) is an extension of life. How you're capable of performing in your life, that's how you're capable of performing on screen..

I like to act in films, I like to shoot 'em, I like to direct 'em, I like to be around 'em. I like the feel of it and it's something I respect. It do….

Films today show only a dream world and have lost touch with the way people really are... In this country, people die at 21. They die emotionally at ….

I’m very worried about the depiction of women on the screen. It’s gotten worse than ever and it’s related to their being either high- or low-class co….

To me there is a name for each person. I think it’s marvelous to have a name. A woman is not a woman. It’s either Gena or my mother or some other per….

You can fail in films because you don't have the talent, or you have too much humility, or you lack ferociousness. I'm a gangster. If I want somethin….

We don't take the time to be vulnerable with each other.