Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'

Claude Jade is a brave nice young lady. But I don't give any guarantee what she will do on a taxi's back seat.

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.

A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should be her aim - to create suspense, to let a man discover things about her without her having to tell him.

Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.