I like when you watch a film and you feel like you're a part of somebody's life for an hour and a half..

When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I remember being very disappointed with th….

I'd never do a film that would hurt anyone's sentiments, be it Indian or not..

To make a film and to sell it to the distributors you need a name..

The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business..

My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story..

There's no such thing as "an auteurist filmmaker." Every film directors is an auteur. We only make films that we do because we cannot put on clothes ….

Gleaning is getting things that are abandoned. I did not abandon my early pictures, my photos, my early films. It's just going through my body of wor….

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

I was always into film, but theater was my entry point. I always felt like film didn't make sense to me, as a kid..

Something you can do in a comic that you can't do in a film is that you can have thought bubbles..

I like going on location for films..

Film is not very practical. The new world goes faster, and digital is very fast..

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

In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that..

Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film..

So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally..

When you do films that have multiple sequels, you develop a character for a film..

The only tool we have as artists is selectivity. If you're a painter, you select the color, the lines, how severe they should be. As an actor you dev….

A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style..

I've seen the film. And I'll tell you this, I'm glad Chuck Yeager isn't running for President..