Shame is very painful to endure. For me it makes perfect sense that the character would kill herself.

Film-making is like spermatozoa: only one in a million makes it.

Cinema is dominated by stars you like from the get go.

I see a film as a puzzle, with a beginning, middle, and end, but I like to start at the end sometimes.

Hollwood creates useful entertainment. There are millions of people on earth who need distraction and American cinema fulfills that function.

The constant in my films is love stories. I consider love the chief business of humanity.

It's funny: half my films were flops, half did well. It would be terrible if I'd had only success.