Because people don't see me around a lot, I'm the source of all sorts of rumour.

Every great movie is about the people, even if it's a great popular success like 'Gone With the Wind.' It's really not about the Civil War. It's about Scarlett and Rhett. That's who you go to see. You're not going to root for the North or pull for the South, or, you know, it's the people you remember.

It was just - I mean, 6,000 people giving you a standing ovation is quite an experience.

They've said everything about me that they could: racist, Marxist, rightist, homophobic, sex change - I don't know what else they could come up with.

I feel very, very upset that, when it came time for me to get an Academy Award, that I didn't especially thank Clint Eastwood.

Most people I knew had been crippled by their educations. Some were even dying spiritually.