A dead love never dies.

Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out what the best angles are going to be.

Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.

Hospitals are places that you have to stay in for a long time, even if you are a visitor. Time doesn't seem to pass in the same way in hospitals as it does in other places. Time seems to almost not exist in the same way as it does in other places.

There is a mysterious stillness and intimacy of a woman doing her hair and make-up which attracts me.

Anything that is not autobiography is plagiarism.

Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women.