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

It takes courage to stay young, to make your enthusiasms work for you. Don't let anyone drag you down.

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.

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.

My house is not James Bondish at all. Sorry.

I always wanted to design for films.