Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent.

My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

Steven Spielberg is unique. I feel that the kinds of movies he loves are the same kinds of movies that the big mass audience loves. He's very fortunate because he can do the things he naturally likes the best, and he's been very successful.

I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.

I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.

Most directors have one masterpiece by which they are known. Kurosawa has at least eight or nine.