If I had the money, I would love to open up a movie theater that just played images and colors and beautiful music. For me, there's nothing like list….

I think in the modern world we really need to have movie theaters or places we can go in and rejuvenate ourselves. I think we'll have less problems w….

To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting..

My mentor, [Ingmar] Bergman, when we worked on stage, he said you can't convince a thousand people at the big stage where we were working. You can't ….

If what I think is God should come down today and says "I'm God, or the thing you call God, and you're never going to do any more movies. You're neve….

I usually say I might have a talent or I'm lacking a talent, because everyday, I must tell you, I thank whatever is up there or out there that I'm al….

When you introduce a character and show him for the first time, don't show him fully lit. Don't show him one hundred percent to the audience. Show ma….

I love to fantasize still, as I did as a little boy. If I see a movie, I want to fantasize about what it's all about..

I started as a director, but I was too bored with actors. I preferred to act..

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, they make bad movie after bad movie..

Storytelling is all about using the imagination, for me at least it is. That's why I'm bored sometimes to see movies. I'm bored to see TV. I never se….

I've been very lucky and fortunate to meet people that are very inspirational in their spirits, too, and not just as filmmakers - in their personal l….

I dislike those people that see an opera and say "Oh, they can't act it. They just sing. It's boring." Lean back and just listen to the voices..

As an actor, you have to do things out of passion sometimes. I'm not in it for a lot of money. But I only need one car, and I'd rather work with peop….

If you do a character, always make the character with a big question mark. Even if the character is very enigmatic and all over the place, make him a….

There are some movies that I remember a couple of seconds and I want to carry those couple of seconds in my heart forever, or wherever it is, and tha….

If you were my agent and I was making $10 million a movie and made four movies a year, that means you have a salary of $4 million..