When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material.

I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. I thought the nuns were mean.

I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.

It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important.

In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.

The great hope is that people who wouldn't normally make films will be making them. Suddenly, one day some little fat girl in Ohio is going to be the new Mozart and make a beautiful film with her father's camera and for once the so called professionalism about movies will be destroyed forever - and it will really become an art form.

If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business.