For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban.

I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time.

You are my whole existence and I will love you until my last breath.

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

I think it's always a challenge to adapt something from one medium to another - a novel into a film or a play into a movie or whatever.

Lawyers are always confident before the verdict. It's only after that they share their doubts.

Life is a game in which the player must appear ridiculous.