The Motion Pictures I Have Made And

I've Come To Believe That Everything Worth Achieving Is Beyond One's Capacity - Or Seems So At First. The Thing Is To Persist, Not Back Off, Fight Your Fight, Pay Your Dues, And Carry On. Effort Is All; Continue And You May Get There Despite Everything.

It's Difficult, If Not Impossible, To Get Away With Anything False Before The Camera. That Instrument Penetrates The Husk Of The Actor; It Reveals What's Truly Happening - If Anything, If Nothing. A Close-up Demands Absolute Truth. It's A Severe And Awesome Truth

I Was Born In Turkey In An Extremely Oppressive Climate At The Time Of Pogroms, Massacres, Really. An Immigrant Appreciates The Freedom More.

When You Know What An Actor Has, You Can Reach In And Arouse It. If You Don't Know What He Has, You Don't Know What The Hell Is Going On.

Look For The Contradictions In Every Character, Especially In Your Heroes And Villains. No One Should Be What They First Seem To Be. Surprise The Audience.