“Unnamed director: [The script is] too caustic.
Goldwyn: To hell with the cost. If it's a good picture, we'll make it.”

“In practically every film you experience, you can see the director following the text. Illustrating the words first, making the pictures after, and, alas, so often not making pictures at all, but holding up the camera to do its mimetic worst.”

“Acting is very competitive. There are few good scripts out there and the ones that are good are very competitive. You look at your options and often times they're not too appealing.”

“[on being a director] It's the best job in the picture business because when you're a director, you're God. And you know that's the best job in town.”

“Peace is only better than war if peace is not hell too. War being hell makes sense.”

“Greed is not defined by what something costs; it is measured by what it costs you. If anything costs you your faith or your family, the price is too high. Such is the point Jesus makes in the parable of the portfolio.”

“MARIA: Hell? Is he talking about hell? Good. For a moment I was afraid he was making sense.”

“First time directors - they may not make good movies all the time but they are always the best directors to work for because they’re always so excited, always so committed to what they’re trying to do.”

“I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face.”

“It’s too cold. Away from the worlds, where a little pleasure costs a lot of pain. Don’t make trouble.”