Quotes

[about working on Heaven's Gate (1980)] That was a great experience, except that the director was a little weird. After like the first nine days of work, he had 1200 extras every day for six months. Twelve hundred extras a day being made up? Can you imagine?

[on Charlton Heston] He was a forerunner for putting his voice out there for things like civil rights, yes, but he was always pro-gun. He didn't talk that much. He didn't like that many people. He was a loner. But he was a big advocate for guns.

[on "The Omega Man"] It was a hit, yeah. I'll tell you why - because it was controversial. Rosalind Cash, the love interest was, of course, a black actress and she had a nude scene and that was huge. This is 1971. It had never been done in a major motion picture by a major studio. That was very enlightening to a lot of people and Heston got a lot of brownie points for doing that. You know, I didn't like his politics but Heston was a nice guy. A smart guy. And he was nice to me.