It takes no imagination to live within your means.

Always make your work be personal. And, you never have to lie... There is something we know that's connected with beauty and truth. There is something ancient. We know that art is about beauty, and therefore it has to be about truth.

I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college.

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

'Godfather' was very classical, the way it was shot, the style, the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean.

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.

Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.