I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.

The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

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.

I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

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

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