The Notion That Acting Is Simply About

The Reason My Films Work Is Because Every Actor On Set Is Very Secure. They're Able To Fly.

As A General Habit And General Tendency, I Prefer Not To Bog A Piece Down With A Great Number Of Transitory, Contemporary References, Because In The End, I'm Concerned, Not In An Abstract Way, But An Actual Way, With Creating A World Which Has A Universality To It - Even Though What Goes On Is Made Up Of Texture And Detail, Contemporary Detail.

You Can't Make A Movie About The Artist Without Shooting Outdoors.

I've Long Since Stopped Worrying About How I'm Portrayed In The Press Because Ultimately It's Not That Important. Everyone Who Knows Me Knows I Do What I Do With The Greatest Integrity.

It Creeps Up On You And Becomes An Obsession. It Comes Out Of Watching A Million Movies.