I do like directing other people's material.

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.

Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his is going to come out are his press conferences, because he's so brilliant

I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.

The camera lies all the time; lies 24 times/second.

You've got to remind yourself all the time that you're being measured against the fashions of the day, and if your work truly has any kind of staying power, well, people will be talking about it in 20, 30 years.

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years