Americans have no past, so they buy the pasts of others.

Cinema is capitalism in its purest form.... There is only one solution - turn one's back on American cinema.

I'm very interested in tennis, but when I try to tell younger players about [Bill] Tilden, they're not interested.

I would never see a good movie for the first time on television.

Living, it can be sad too.

People like to say, 'What do you mean exactly?' I would answer, 'I mean, but not exactly.'

I like both slapstick and contradiction. Like philosophers.