You have to draw on your unconscious when you make a film - you can't worry about whether it's costing a lot of money.

You need to feed yourself with emotions and life or youll become empty.

In any group there is more or less tension between people, and there are complicities and affinities.

I think it's very boring for a director to always do the same kind of movies.

Everything goes by so fast that if you want to be a part of it, you need to go that fast. But because you go that fast, you don't lead the life you should lead.

I spent all my youth with horses.

Directing remains very psychological, and it takes a lot of time and reflection. When you're an actor, it takes less time, and you can express yourself physically.

I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.'

I'm an absolute fan of 1970s New York in films like 'Mean Streets' and 'Dog Day Afternoon.

Music is one of the important things for me in cinema.

It's physically and psychologically exhausting to make a film.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

Most reformers, like a pair of trousers on a windy clothesline, go through a vast deal of vehement motion, but stay in the same place.

The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally.

People scream at me, "Hey, let's party." I give off an I'm-crazy-and-I-want-to-arty-and-wrestle-you vibe.

You've got to love the game and the game will love you back.

Pain is to be endured. It ends or it does not.

I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her.

I don’t know about art but I know what I like.

Obviously, there is little you can learn from doing nothing.