Michael Ritchie

It's exciting to see a kid at a rehearsal meeting with someone who seems like such an icon.

In next five to 10 years I probably would have done my best work, but I was afraid of having another 10 or 15 years ahead of me and feeling stale, so this was an opportunity to reinvigorate myself.

Sitting in this chair, my recommendation would carry too much weight.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.