It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.

Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature.

I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.

I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a guard. A teacher took away my guard button.