A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience.

All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.

A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.

Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.

The only thing that I can do is hold a mirror in front of men and women, in front of the viewer in the theater, to reflect. There is nothing but reflection that I could intend to offer the viewer of the film.

I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.