I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.

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My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this...

My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this...

Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.

Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.

And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let...

And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let...

An actor has to embody a role.

An actor has to embody a role.

Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and...

Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and...

I try to get the best performance an actor can give.

I try to get the best performance an actor can give.

This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will...

This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will...

The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.

The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.

It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere...

It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere...

If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their...

If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their...

But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition...

But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition...

I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up...

I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up...

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.

We all get paid very, very well, and we have responsibilities.

We all get paid very, very well, and we have responsibilities.

You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work.

You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work.

It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain...

It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain...

But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take...

But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take...

I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and...

I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and...

But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.

But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.

The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are...

The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are...