I am proud of Kirk. I think he drums to his own drummer in every way.

Kirk is a man, and he loves it. He loves women.

I did my very first film with Kirk in Detective Story when he was the greatest, greatest star in the world. I fell in love with him, had a crush on him then.

When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor.

I am proud of Kirk. I think he drums to his own drummer in every way.

I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out.

My instinct was that it was Sidney's childhood in the Bahamas that gave him the fearlessness to fight racism. So this documentary was a kind of rounding out of what had begun in that scene in In the Heat of the Night.

What goes on between a father and a son, which is usually such a private matter, is that they are able to be honest with each other, and be honest with me, as a director. It's just remarkable.

It's a very good feeling to be around a man who thinks women are juicy.

You don't need a love scene to show love.

I don't think I fit the Marilyn Maxwell mode.

This is our lives. The way to give it dignity is to tell the truth.

I know what you go through when you learn someone close to you has died.

People break down after a couple of hours. All the defenses go down, and there's a kind of communication that if I spent 20 years in a living room with one of these people, I would never, never know as much about them as I do in that one day.

Every actor in the room honored Sidney for being there so many years before. And everybody was so moved to be at a place where history was being made again. It was tangible.

A lot of very, very big stars were going down and not being seen or heard from again. Kirk took a huge chance in putting a blacklisted writer's name on the screen and somehow or other, he survived it, like he survives everything.

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.

It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation.

A low carbon clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come.

My agent said to me five years ago, 'Hugh, I can see one day you... if I had to plan a goal for you, it's for you to have the kind of career that Sinatra had.'

It would probably take me an hour to two to write it down, get the feel of it, and that's with quite a few changes. It's not really a hard thing for me to do.

I don't do any songs that I'm sick of now - sometimes even songs that I request. If I'm sick of 'em I don't do 'em even for myself.

Having removed the dictator, the allies have moved to put Iraqis in control of Iraq. Now, as they draft and ratify their Constitution, we will indeed see the character of a new Iraqi nation revealed through the principles it chooses to uphold.

While it is desirable to build up the colored race, we must not sacrifice our best and purest white friends.

I've always been into dark colours.

I own everything. I own my RV, my house, my trucks, my boat. Everything is paid for.

I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.

It's a pleasure to contribute to the entrepreneurial community at USC.

I'm not a big fan of regulation: anyone who likes freedom of the press can't be.

I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.

I love watching Edie Falco; she's so layered, and her work is so great.

I don't like inherited wealth.

If you do the best you can, you never have to look back.

It is the nature of the business that you work unsociable, unpredictable hours and can get called away at a moment's notice to somewhere on the other side of the world. This can put a strain on home and personal life.

The premieres are, kind of exciting, especially to Ella, who loves limousines.

I realize more and more I miss my 'Survivor' friends when I'm not around them.

Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule.

I love someone who tries to boss me around.

I have never had feeling in my toes. My uncle, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, once told me in confidence he had the same syndrome, leading me to believe it is genetic.

Most single people I know, myself included, have a difficult time even meeting up with the people they like, be it busy schedules, texting games, or whatever.