Once we know the number one, we believe that we know the number two, because one plus one equals two. We forget that first we must know the meaning of plus.

What I like in pictures whether by an old director or a young director is when I have the feeling he or she is really using the capacity of film.

The way we have done pictures has to be disappeared.

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.

My aesthetic is that of the sniper on the roof.

Through most of my career I've made a decent living making movies no one wants to see.

I know that I am old, because even if I think I'm younger than everyone - but that's true - my way of hoping and continuing is that I am always in a younger position than the other one.