A book suggests a whole world and story that I could have never thought of in a million years.

This is how good movies get made and always have: from the gut instinct of the financiers, not just by committee and research.

I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.

There is an audience out there for literate films - slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made.

When I'm introduced as a two-time Oscar winner, I'm happy that a film of mine has found an audience and some acclaim because that keeps me in business. A filmmaker's greatest concern is the ability to make future films, so it helps keep me in business.

In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.

Even if we die at 100, we're still dying young. I want at least 700 years. There's a lot of travelling and books to read and movies to see. I'm not going to squeeze it all in in 85 years.