Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.
I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.
I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.
The thing about Brando was that I'd make these directions, and he'd walk away. He'd heard enough... to get the machine going.
What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.
You've got to keep fighting - you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.
