“I'm a great collaborator. I really am. I will steal anyone's idea if i...” — Sondra Locke Quote

I'm a great collaborator. I really am. I will steal anyone's idea if it is a good one.

I never had an acting lesson.

When the actor you're developing a rapport with is directing, you feel much more camaraderie about scenes, and you can relate in a much tighter way.

Most movies are too brightly lit. I think that may come from a lot of directors having watched too much TV.

If you were in Clint Eastwood movies, you were in the Clint Eastwood movie business. You weren't in the movie business. You weren't part of Hollywood. This became clear early on; people stopped calling. They automatically assumed I was working exclusively with Clint.

Fashion gave me my start, and that will always be my home. I'll always be so grateful for all my collaborators and friends I've made there, but I'm so excited to dive head first into just being a working actor.

You've got to understand when a collaborator isn't satisfied anymore.

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.

I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets. These are solitary workers.

I was constantly reading books about how to direct, and asking directors, 'How do you do it?' And when I finally actually started doing the work, it seemed like you have to be decisive and have an opinion. But also you have to be a good collaborator and hire the right people to shore up whatever your skill set is.