If you're not allowed to experiment anymore for fear of being considered self-indulgent or pretentious or what have you, then everyone's going to just stick to the rules - there's not going to be any additional ideas.

I always knew what I thought the theme was, the core, in one word. In 'The Godfather' it was succession. In 'The Conversation' it was privacy. In 'Apocalypse' it was morality.

I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your cards, and all your dice, and whatever else you've got. So, each time I make a movie, I give it everything I have. I think everyone should, and I think everyone should do everything they do that way.

Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued.

The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed.

Wine is so much more than a beverage. It's a romance, a story, a drama-all of those things that are basically putting on a show.

I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.