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" I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there. "

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" I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject. "

" Some people feel that the world owes them a living. "

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" Man becomes his most creative during war. "

" I keep working because I learn something new all the time. "

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" This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country. "

" I think kids are natural actors. You watch most kids; if they don't have a toy, they'll pick up a stick and make a toy out of it. Kids will daydream all the time. "

" I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man. "

" I never sympathise with the accused unless there's a chance the accused is not guilty, but I certainly don't ever sympathise with the criminal. "

" Politicians love regulating. That's part of the whole power structure. "

" 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. "

" Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. "

" 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. "

" In my career as a director, there's always been some point where you get halfway through it, or three-quarters, and you go: 'What is this thing all about, and why am I telling the story? Does anybody really care about seeing this?' At that time you have to say: 'OK, forget that and just go ahead.' "

" I have been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years, and in 1970, when I first started directing, I said, 'If I could pull this off, I can some day move to the back of the camera and stay there.' "

" It must be the Brit in me, because I like animals. "

" Liberals are not always so liberal with people who disapprove - disapprove of their point of view. "

" 'Unforgiven' is probably an example of a script that I liked right away but thought, 'This is great, but I'd like to do this when I'm older.' So I stuck it in the drawer for ten years and then took it out. "

" My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing. "

" I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a great director. He was a very charismatic character and a guy I watched a lot when he was directing. "

" They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning. "

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" At the major studios, you see people wanting to remake a TV series, wanting to make a sequel. "

" Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. I don't move fast, but I just keep moving. "

" When I do a picture and it's 90% black, like 'Bird,' I use 90% black people. "