“Carné used to behave like a hysterical maniac. I had a small part in that film. Maurice Ronet and Annie Girardot were also in it. He was screaming like a maniac. But he was a masterful director. LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS is one of the greatest films ever made.”

“Ray was a terrific director! He was versatile in choosing the subjects of his film. And his films were very sophisticated, very clean. I got some idea about India from his films.”

“In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.”

“Hey Grover! Thorn's kidnapping us! He's a poisonous spike-throwing maniac! Help!”

“The promises of maniacs, like those of women, are not safely relied upon.”

“Most directors make films with their eyes; I make films with my testicles.”

“Of all the actors and actresses I've ever worked with, the hardest worker is Fred Astaire. He behaved like he was a young man whose whole destiny depended on being successful in his first film. He rehearses between takes, after takes - there's no limit to his professionalism.”

“One was my movement, which I’m very conscious of in films, especially coming from martial arts. Think about how many times a character is seen just sitting or walking or standing, it’s a lot of time in film and it says so much about a character. So I’ve always been keen to pay attention to movement and that was one thing he said he noticed. Never have I heard a director talk like that about me. And also he said that the eyes were important because it really has to come through the make-up. So he was interested in those two aspects especially…”

“I would consider doing any part as long as the script is good and the film has an interesting director.”

“He was a graduate of West Point, a military academy which turned young men into homicidal maniacs for use in war.”