I mean, '8 ½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself

I don't have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I've never fought with any actor ever.

I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.

I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.

I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.

At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.