I am a man of very many anxieties but doing strange things with the camera is not one of them.

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules.

Everything is going to hell, but we should smile all the way.

A film should be like a rock in the shoe.

If anyone would like to hit me, they are perfectly welcome. I must warn you, though, that I might enjoy it. So maybe it's not the right kind of punishment.

If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.

Perhaps the only difference between me and other people is that Ive always demanded more from the sunset.

I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead of just thinking about what is the most efficient way of telling a story or making an audience stay in a cinema.

I think its a very strange question that I have to defend myself. I don’t feel that. You are all my guests, it’s not the other way around, that’s how I feel.

Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking.

Death lurked everywhere. Death was alive and well.

Leave me alone. I'm fine.

I don't think just funny is enough on Broadway.

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.

You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them... I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly as I can.

Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will hold, but the country that they must rely on for support and encouragement.

Success comes from what you do, not from what you say you are going to do.

When you find yourself in a position to help someone, be happy because Allah is answering that person’s prayer through you.

Curiosity is the hunger of the human mind.

Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to this happy country as their last asylum.