You are here to experience life, not to escape from it..

I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same character twice..

You only have to go hardcore humiliation on the first film. On the subsequent sequels, you can coast..

I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that..

Unless a subject interests me, I'll pass it over and save my film for better things..

It's a terrible thing to make films that are never seen or experienced by audiences. Often times nobody knows about them, even though they are great ….

If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebod….

I played a definite part in it. I guess the things that I played in films and the way the nudity and the love scenes were handled were really differe….

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years..

I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film..

It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded..

If I'm ever working on a set and anyone talks about a master shot, I say there is no master shot. Before I even went to film school, I learned about ….

There is no such thing, incidentally, as one kudo..

It's always a problem with television and with films, you always shoot things out of sequence, so you just take your best stab at every moment. You c….

I've never been fired in my life. From anything. I've never failed at anything I've tried..

Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody..

We all see only that which we are trained to see..

You won't see Moonves on Twitter..

We are, after all, homo economicus..

Life's there to make the most of, and that's what I do..

Your word is your bond, you do what you say you're going to do..