For me the dream is the freedom to make all the crazy ideas I have in my head into movies. I truly love directing and I think it is a privilege to have this as an occupation.

At the end of the day, filmmaking is a sheer act of creative will. You have to be prepared to stick with your art no matter what comes your way.

Filmmaking is like playing in your imagination and getting paid to do it. I guess I'll ride this horse until it bucks me.

Anytime that cannot be accounted for is a wasted time.

People are of 3 categories

Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.

I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy.

Birth and death are illusions, they are part of the dream.

I enjoy photographing. It's always interesting, so I can't say one thing is more fun than another. Everything has it's own difficulties.

Stupid is never that entertaining. You can be stupid and sexy, stupid and funny but he's just plain stupid. That is not remarkable, that's what I mean.

I want the principles of a timeless muse, I want to eradicate my negative views.

A woman is a mystery to guide a wise and open man.

Blessed be all metrical rules that forbid automatic responses, force us to have second thoughts, free us from the fetters of Self.