I accept all awards. I like them.

The most important thing is, how can I move forward towards something that I can't articulate, that is new in storytelling with moving images and sound?

As a kid I watched the Academy Awards on television and always wanted one - or several - like one of my favorite directions, John Ford. He won six. On the other hand, Orson Welles, who's on the top of my list, didn't win any. Alfred Hitchcock didn't win any. Howard Hawks didn't win any.

I always wanted to make a film that had this sort of Chinese-box effect, in which you keep opening it up and opening it up, and finally at the end you're at the beginning.

I prefer people who don't get caught, and if they do get caught, I prefer people who don't give in.

I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times.

There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.