There's action only if there is danger.

A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.

I'm such a coward that unless I get a good writer, I don't want to make a picture.

I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!"

I made 'Rio Bravo' with John Wayne. It worked out pretty well and we both liked it, so a few years later we decided to make it again. Worked out pretty good that time, too.

If you want to make pictures and enjoy making them, you better go out and make something that a lot of people want to see. And then they'll turn you lose and let you make what you want. And then maybe you can do some of the things that you want to do. But as a beginner, you haven't got a chance.