"Sometimes you can lead a jackass to water, but they still think they're a horse." - Stanley B. Gill on non-collaborative filmmakers
"My contract reads, 'I refuse to work with directors who don't bathe on a daily basis.'" - Stanley B. Gill on filming in the southern California desert
"You know how you can tell you have a friend in Hollywood? They stab you in the chest. Because everybody else is going to stab you in the back baby!" - Stanley B. Gill
"It's not a real movie unless blood is shed in furtherance of the art." - Stanley B. Gill on the set after an injury to his hand
"Everybody gets f*cked in Hollywood. It's just a matter of whether you want it or not." - Stanley B. Gill on the apocryphal producer in Hollywood
"There are two kinds of actors. Those you can f*ck and those who can f*ck you. The other ones are pretty professional." - Stanley B. Gill as the apocryphal Hollywood director
"Actors are a necessary evil in filmmaking." - Stanley B. Gill on working with divas in Hollywood
"What part of 'no' don't you understand? Is it the 'n' part or the 'o' part?" - Stanley B. Gill on rejection in Hollywood