“And regardless of the fact that in this country, certainly in the arts, we treat comedy as a second-class citizen, I've never thought of it that way. I've always thought it to be important. The last time I looked, the Greeks were holding up two masks. I've always thought of it not only as having equ”

“I think some of the special effects in Close Encounters hold up better than the new more expensive special effects is because they were better actually.”