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.

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 was interested in the idea of succession - showing a father and a son both in their own time and drawing a contrast

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.

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

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.