Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out?

Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned.

All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.

This weapon [an ax] is primitive but effective. And it's also guaranteed to be fifty-percent painless. You see, it takes two people to operate, and the person at this end [the handle] doesn't feel a thing.

Self-plagiarism is style.

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.

I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.