The so-called "remake" is simply a commercial formulation of a much deeper exchange which accounts for the way cinema is what it is.

Beauty is subjective: Bette Davis wasn't beautiful, but she was more than beautiful.

Film is abstract, not definite. It is a dream.

It's truly gratifying to see my films reach beyond a familiar public, to get a chance to move new audiences. It's nuts. It's extraordinary.

If you look at American studios, the big productions have nothing to do with reality.

I really believe the form of the film must be in the scenario; cinema is not just added value to the scripting. I believe in it as a totality.

An archetypal gangster is always at a remove. We can't get into his mindset.