"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."

"As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work."

"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 was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be."

"The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist."

"I always believe that one can't interfere in another's work. Once I start work on any film, I surrender myself completely and blindly follow the director."

"The United States strongly condemns the illegal disclosure of classified information. It puts people's lives in danger, threatens our national security, and undermines our efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems."

"With 'GoldenEye,' the franchise got locked into this legal fight. They couldn't make new Bond movies for about seven years. It was my first huge production. I figured if I did at least a yeoman-like job, it would be greeted as a complete revival of the series."