I prefer to be busy all day long, and when you work for someone else, you're not busy enough.

An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.

All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their own importance.

I demand that a film express either the joy of making cinema or the agony of making cinema. I am not at all interested in anything in between.

There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors

When I begin a film, I want to make a great film. Halfway through, I just hope to finish the film.

In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs.

The most beautiful thing I have ever seen in a movie theatre is to go down to the front and turn around, and look at all the uplifted faces, the light from the screen reflected upon them.

I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself.

Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.

Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste.

Rejoice and thank God in the midst of your storms. For those people who have been through hell and back but continue to have smiles on their faces, they are the examples of God’s grace and mercy

The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible today.

The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there's still a one-party system and strong censorship.

He seems to have declared war on the King’s English as well as on the English king.

To be in a position, at my age, where I am financially independent, I can help develop things, I can promote stuff that I believe in, I can say no a lot and spend time writing - that is a gift.

I must look past my capabilities and see God's possibilities

There's always room for improvement. I incorporate the lessons I learned from my mistakes and move forward.

There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights.

It's fascinating to travel around Italy and realize just how many different ways they make spaghetti.

To the ACLU, the First Amendment speaks more directly to freedom from religion than it does to freedom of religion.