What is the difference between a celebrity and a not so celebrity? It's probably just one film..

I don't necessarily recommend directing your husband or wife in a film, but if you have to do it, you have to do it..

And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat and how they spoke. You know, what the etiquet….

Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller..

Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are creating something that is so very surreal, and I kind of like that..

As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great..

In film, you can have sad endings..

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..

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..

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

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

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..