I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting.

The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called man.

The foundation of all civilization is loitering.

The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him.

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?

The only things that are important in life are the things you remember.

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has many people to love.

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth.

Human kind is on one big power trip that is ripping the sole out of the subtleness and kindness of the human spirit

When you say "I love you", I expect you to prove it.

I'm happy that I have a beautiful, wonderful, amazing child who's made me a better person.

I have a secret project which adds four hours every day to the 24 hours we have. There's a bit of time travel involved.

If people think I look good, it's the make-up.

There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice.

There are so many great singers out there.

The development occurs through reciprocal give-and-take, the teacher taking but not being afraid also to give.

Concentrate on the Essence, concentrate on the Light.

The gulf between the information we proclaim & the information we know to be true is vast. In other words: we say one thing & do another.