Actor

In 'Changeling,' I tried to show something you'd never see nowadays - a kid sitting and looking at the radio. Just sitting in front of the radio and listening. Your mind does the rest.

I haven't been very active in politics.

I'm a day-to-day-type person.

When I was a kid, I thought movies just came from air. I thought they just appeared.

Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.

Ketenaran semalam bisa berbahaya bagi kesehatan mentalmu. Ya. Hal itu sudah menghancurkan banyak orang.

Why am I a star? It can't be because of looks.

Aku tidak suka melihat seorang presiden yang hanya keluar untuk berkampanye selama satu tahun penuh atau selama 4 tahun terakhir. Aku ingin melihat seseorang yang pergi ke kantor. Faktanya, aku tidak ingin melihat mereka karena dengan begitu kamu yakin bahwa mereka bekerja.

As you get older, you're not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn't running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.

I do believe in the energy and the productivity of the American business world.

I like a drama.

In the Bay Area, there was a resurgence of Dixieland jazz in the '40s - there was the Frisco Jazz Band, and Lu Watters and the Yerba Buena Jazz Band.

Komedi tidak seutuhnya dialog. Pikirkan mengenai Buster Keaton: muka memelas dan semua kekacauan ini terjadi di sekelilingnya. Kadang itu hanyalah masalah waktu, masalah ritme yang sesuai.

I was drafted during the Korean War. None of us wanted to go... It was only a couple of years after World War II had ended. We said, 'Wait a second? Didn't we just get through with that?'

I've always said the one advantage an actor has of converting to a director is that he's been in front of the camera. He doesn't have to get in front of the camera again, subliminally or otherwise.

It's always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

I'd always tried to resist playing the supervirility thing. I liked showing the vulnerability of age.

Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.

You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.