"I do not welcome advice from actors, they are here to act." "I don't think he'd be capable of directing his little nephew to the bathroom." - Dyan Cannon "There were giants in the industry. Now it is an era of midgets and conglomerates." Giving direction to a group of children on "Exodus" (1960): "Cry, you little monsters!" "Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right."