The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.
Gluttony is not a secret vice.
Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.
I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
I don't regard my career as something so precious that it comes before my convictions.
I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.