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I'm as much a victim of the romantic myth of 'getting away' as anyone else. My head tells me it's myth, but I don't want to believe it is.

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There are very few Westerns that have ever made really giant money.

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I am not a farceur. I am not Blake Edwards.

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I do not have a good control of running sight gags. I laugh like hell when I see them, but I don't know how to invent those jokes.

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It would be a great vacation to act in a movie if I weren't directing it. But to do it while you're directing interferes with your concentration, and I wouldn't do that again.

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There's nothing wrong with crooks having lawyers. Everyone is entitled to a lawyer.

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It's when the lawyers themselves become bad guys that you begin to have a serious problem.

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I feel no terror when I'm acting. There's no tension. It's just a part.

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Beginnings and endings are not interesting; audiences want the high point, which means you've got to get to it and get to it now - get the gun out fast, the clothes off quick.

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I always go for the craft first because, to me, that's like an oil well - you either hit the oil or you don't.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: July 1st, 1934

Died: May 26th, 2008

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