I never argue with people about movies.

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

Lemon Tree is well worth seeing as a first-class artistic achievement bridging two civilizations.

Tokyo Sonata speaks to us, with feeling and passion, as one of the most eloquent statements on the world today that we are likely to see in this moviegoing year.

There's a part of me that looks beyond everything now.

Movies are as old as psychoanalysis. So if I were to put you or anyone else on a couch and say, 'Tell me your favorite movies,' it would be a way of psychoanalyzing you.

Lola Montes is, in my unhumble opinion, the greatest film of all time, and I am willing to stake my critical reputation, such as it is, on this one proposition above all others.