For a while in the twenties and thirties, art was talked about as a substitute for religion; now B movies are a substitute for religion.

It's sometimes discouraging to see all of a director's movies, because there's so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a director's artistry, that you could recognize his movies. But it can also be a sign that he's a hack.

We read critics for the perceptions, for what they tell us that we didn't fully grasp when we saw the work. The judgments we can usually make for ourselves.

For a while in the twenties and thirties, art was talked about as a substitute for religion; now B movies are a substitute for religion.

Vulgarity is not as destructive to an artist as snobbery.

The movies have been so rank the last couple of years that when I see people lining up to buy tickets I sometimes think that the movies aren't drawing an audience - they're inheriting an audience. People just want to go to a movie. They're stung repeatedly, yet their desire for a good movie - for any movie - is so strong that all over the country they keep lining up.

Moviemaking is so male-dominated now that they think they’re being pro-feminine when they have women punching each other out.