'The Godfather' was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.

I have an unfortunate personality.

I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.

I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom. I mark only the happy hours, like the sundial, because otherwise I would have gone nuts.

I must be sincere towards what I am. ... Experimenting is the only thing that fills me with enthusiasm. ... It is the only sphere where I feel really honest and sincere.

I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.

Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It's the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore.