When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet.
I've always been fascinated with the stealing of innocence. It's the most heinous crime, and certainly a capital crime if there ever was one.
There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody.
The stronger the participation of the female characters, the better the movie. They knew that in the old days, when women stars were equally as important as men.
You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best.
As much as I love the Western genre, I figured if I kept doing those, I'd eventually run out of steam on that, and that would've been the end of it.
It would be great to be 105 and still making films.
As long as somebody finances you, can make a film and get it seen any place and in any language; then, hopefully, it's a success.
I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.
I like Italian movies. I was frequently there in the '60s, in Rome and the vicinity. It was a great period in life. I was very influenced by their stuff.
They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.
I'm not one of these guys who sits around saying, 'Gee, I mean, the person had a strange childhood and that's why he's doing this horrible thing. Poor Jeffrey Dahmer. He's just had a bad childhood and that's why he's eating people.' Wait a second! This person should be removed from the planet.
In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.
There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.
I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.
My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died young, at 63. But he didn't take very good care of himself.
You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in their hair and they're trying to be old men and they have no idea what that's like? It's just that stupid the other way around.
I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.
