I believe in characters as vehicles of exposition. Their voices are full of hidden clues, and I like to listen to them.

Being a man (male "macho") does not give you right to anything.

In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious.

Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.

The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.