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"They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family."
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"The difference between a 'man' and a 'father' is that the former shares his genes, but latter gives his life."
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"I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while."

"Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful."

"I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn't have a lot of friends. Theater really represented camaraderie."

"The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college."

"I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it."

"The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work."

"You're in a profession in which absolutely everybody is telling you their opinion, which is different. That's one of the reasons George Lucas never directed again."
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