Nobody can be happy. You could have moments of happiness, moments of joy. But life is very difficult. Unless you're a total idiot. Then you can be ha….

We had an electronic head and arm for Threepio, and I manipulated the mechanism with a joystick. But it wasn't working. The propman said, 'Give me fi….

After 'The Empire Strikes Back,' I got to make big films that I didn't care about, 'Never Say Never Again' and 'RoboCop 2,' and then I got too old..

Film is a window to the real world but a lie that makes you believe the unbelievable..

I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me..

It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise. There is no such thing as a perfec….

There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face..

I want films to haunt an audience, to give them something to remember and be able to talk about..

In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film that stands out for me ….

I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality..

The thing that you learn in directing is that when you're on the floor, no matter how complex the shooting is...you have to remain absolutely sensiti….

I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make..