I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That’s the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.

The unconscious is our best collaborator.

I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That’s the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.

Jewish introspection and Jewish humor is a way of surviving . . . if you're not handsome and you're not athletic and you're not rich, there's still one last hope with girls, which is being funny.

It's not a filmmaker's job to explain his technique but to tell his story the best way he can.

The only safe thing in filmmaking is to take a chance.

I came to love silence, because it's so rare, and it's now my favorite aural condition.