Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.

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?

The picture's over. Now I have to go and put it on film.

Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.

I always take the audience into account.

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.