Quotes

My pictures appeal all round the world. I do slick American pictures with a European sensitivity.

You know each actor had an idea which I like or I use, you know. The wink was Val's idea. He said "You know what do you think if I wink?", "He (Val Kilmer) worked very hard at the part. He works harder than most actors to make it look believable. He's in the ranks of the great actors in America, like Pacino, or DeNiro.

[on directing Tombstone (1993): I saw the film as a great American saga of a family, the West and the people victimized by class and mobs with whom they were forced to do business. It was the first experience with organized crime in this country.