Used properly, cinema is the coolest thing in the world.

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

The cinema that interests me departs from realism.

If I ask my actors to bare themselves, to reveal themselves as almost naked, I have to bare myself, expose myself as well. That's what creates excitement.

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.

When you're a kid and your father is an engineer, he goes to the office. I saw my father get up and go to the office in the house and write. But I don't see any similarities.