Film is like a drug. It is a shelter when you cannot deal with reality..

A lot of what is famous about film making are the movie stars and what is considered a movie star is a lot of great acting, but also a lot of physica….

Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music..

In America, instead of making the audience come to the film, the idea seems to be for you to go to the audience. They come up with the demographics f….

To be in someone's favorite film is just - that's what you want. You want to be in great films that are memorable..

I want to make a film about a factory worker..

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time..

The making of a human likeness on film is a political act..

It is up to us not to bury that potential we have..

The main thing on film is you want to be innocent to the moment..

I have wished you something None of the others would..

There's so much to learn and so much of it not worth learning..

Lu-cy...you have some s'plainin' to do. ~Gem.

The art of making films is a collaborative art. As a composer, you're always working with the cinematographer because he's so much the heart of the w….

I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films..

I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write..

When people approach me about my films it is usually to tell me how much they hate them..

Films are like oxygen for me..

I do my films the best as I can, period. I always hope that, gradually, my honest work will reach Americans..

A lot of the aspects of the world of the film are amalgams of things that already exist..

The difficulty is capturing surprise on film..