To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.

I have never been sorry to see my sets being struck, provided they are well photographed. They're not works of art but part of making a film.

The cinema is there to heighten the imagination; I have always tried to make sure it does so.

To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.

My house is not James Bondish at all. Sorry.

I'm an incurable romantic, and 'Casablanca''s one of the most romantic pictures I've ever seen - the combination of Bogart and Bergman is just magical.

With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them.