If You Want To Send A Message,

Don't Follow Trends, Start Trends.

Capitalism Is Supposedly Free Enterprise. Supposedly About The Free Individual. But Capitalism Itself Is So Massive That The Guy On The Street Gets Caught In Paying Rent, Taxes, And He Doesn't Own Himself At All.

Most Of Ideologies Are Not Based On The Individual - No Matter What They Say. There Are These Peoples' Democracies, Nationalism - They're All Dictatorships. And I Think Any Kind Of Dictatorship Is Bad For The Individual.

In Our Film Profession You May Have Gable's Looks, Tracy's Art, Marlene's Legs Or Liz's Violet Eyes, But They Don't Mean A Thing Without That Swinging Thing Called Courage.

I Was The Enemy Of The Major Studio. I Believed In One Man - One Film. I Believed One Man Should Make The Film. And I Believed The Director Should Be That One Man. One Man Should Do It - I Didn't Give A Damn Who. I Just Couldn't Accept Art As A Committee. I Could Only Accept Art As An Extension Of An Individual.