If I could be anyone, it would be Brad Pitt.

I was always interested in films that scar.

Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school. I didn't know what the point was. The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.

I don't think that digital technology will ever take away the humanity of storytelling, because storytelling is entirely, in and of itself, a wholly human concern.

Perfume is pretty good because nobody has to hold the product by their face or use it.

It's a very American thing to hide away from death.

Movies aren't finished, they're abandoned. And you have to make your peace with that.