Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.

I thought of myself as part of the general filmmaking effort. And as my scope broadened, I began to think about directing. I wanted to be the guy who got to say whether the dress is red or blue.

I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.

I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.

Never rub another man's rhubarb.

I'm a scamp. I don't deny it. I like myself.

It's very easy to go down, so always live up. Incline yourself upward.