What I've experienced, I'm trying to put in a narrative form, I suppose, to say that it does make sense in this way.

Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. This painting here. I bought it 10 years ago for 60 thousand dollars. I could sell it today for 600. The illusion has become real and the more real it becomes, the more desperately they want it.

Every time you go into a movie, you go into the point of view of who it is about.

One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.

A lot of the good cameraman who we used are doing television work; they're doing commercials for a lot of money. And the commercials look incredible. But what's it about? I made three major commercial campaigns. I enjoyed it, I experimented with it, and at the end of the day I felt no satisfaction. It was like having a fast food lunch.

You always try to find the right style for the movie. That's the key.

I make my films like you're going to die if you miss the next minute. You better not go get popcorn.