There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.

I like L.A., but I think whats changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species.

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right.

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

It's great to get out of the study and work with real living and breathing people.

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.