I don't like television when it gets near to photographed plays.

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.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.

The most personal thing I've put in [Touch of Evil] is my hatred of the abuse of police power. It's better to see a murderer go free than for a policeman to abuse his power.

Each multiplex has screens allocated to each studio. The screens need filling. Studios have to create product to fill their screen, and the amount of good product is limited.