Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors.

But you know, as you say, the original versions of my films are getting out there, slowly.

I'm very interested in portraying homosexual man and woman in my films because I'm interested in their lives and their problems.

I first came to cinema as a passionate filmgoer, when I was a child. Then, when I was a very young man, I became a film critic precisely because of my knowledge of cinema. I did better than others because of this. Then I moved on to screenwriting. I wrote a film with Sergio Leone, 'Once Upon a Time in the West.' And then I moved to directing.

Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.

The process of writing and directing drives you to such extremes that it's natural to feel an affinity with insanity. I approach that madness as something dangerous, and I'm afraid, but also I want to go to it, to see what's there, to embrace it. I don't know why, but I'm drawn.

My daughter, Asia, has been in many of my movies. I love working with her. In the beginning, I was not supportive of her being an actress, but now I think she is fantastic.