I'm delighted with it, because it used to be that films were the lowest form of art. Now we've got something to look down on.

They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original.

Film’s thought of as a director’s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It’s that stupid auteur theory again, that the director is the author of the film. But what does the director shoot-the telephone book? Writers became much more important when sound came in, but they’ve had to put up a valiant fight to get the credit they deserve.

Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting.

If you don't like what you're doing, it's unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.

Ever notice how these European trains always smell of eau de cologne and hard boiled eggs?

I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.