ALPHA-60: Your name is written "Ivan Johnson," but it is pronounced "Lemmy Caution," Secret Agent Zero Zero Three of the Outlands. You are a threat to the security of Alphaville. CAUTION: I refuse to become what you call "normal." ... ALPHA-60: You cannot escape. The door is locked. CAUTION: Try to stop me, pal.

People in life quote as they please, so we have the right to quote as we please. Therefore I show people quoting, merely making sure that they quote what pleases me

There is no such thing as intellectual property.

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

The projector will soon disappear. The camera, not really. OK, it depends... it depends on change.

I'm Franco-Swiss. I've always been shuttling between these two worlds, never firmly planted in either one.

People come to Cannes just to advertise their films, not with a particular message. But the advantage is that if you go to the festival, you get so much press coverage in three days that it advertises the film for the rest of the year.