I remember in The Conversation, they brought all these coats to me, and they said: Do you want him to look like a detective, Humphrey Bogart? Do you want him to look like a blah blah blah. I didn't know, and said the theme is 'privacy' and chose the plastic coat you could see through. So knowing the theme helps you make a decision when you're not sure which way to go.

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.

When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get it something with those qualities that make it age well with the public.

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it.

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

A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually.