“I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one...” — Elia Kazan Quote

“I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed.”

“Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you.”

“The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.”

“But certainly the laser proved to be what I realized it was going to be. At that moment in my life I was too ignorant in business law to be able to do it right, and if I did it over again probably the same damn thing would happen.”

“People always go, 'Damn, how you got all this happening at once?' I tell them it's the Chicago in me.”

“These damn smartphones have enabled us to do far more than we were ever meant to all at once.”