When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.

I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more user-friendly and efficient.

But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking.

There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker

The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place.

One of the things I love about cinema is the range.

I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way.

I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.

I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.

I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.

I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music.

Grace is the fullness of God.

I have no sense of what War is like

Television? The word is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it.

Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.

Trifles, trifles are what matter!

Every error is truth abused.

You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor.

The white man has got the gold out of the land which belonged to the red man.

As you grow, the productivity I think, goes down with the square of the number of employees if you don't make an effort.

Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.