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..

I still enjoy watching films more than making them..

I think that cinema is a great place to make stories of loneliness. And being Norwegian, I don't want to make the film about loneliness in being out ….

Its always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene..

Film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth..

All of my films are based on personal experiences and beliefs. Many of my heroes are my spokespeople - and some are not!.

Politicians need a film appreciation course..

A film you can explain in words is not a real film..

A film that can be described in words is not really a film..

There's been almost a dozen films that have been made against me. There's actually more films made attacking me than films I've made..