“The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't.”

“All good work requires self-revelation.”

“I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves as I make them. As long as the theme is something I care about at the moment, it's enough for me to start work. Maybe work itself is what my life is about.”

“In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.”

“All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.”

“Every man's Paris is his own, with its own characteristics, and is in some respects at least unlike the Paris of any one else.”

“I'm sure that whatever changed is only temporary. It will change again.”