And that is how I employ my time in cinema, saying things about people who I think have touched us in terms of our value judgement and by example.

I don't blame people for their mistakes, but I do ask that they pay for them.

I don't read a great deal of fiction, to my shame, other than the classics.

On my last day of shooting, I'd be happy to say 'Cut, it's a wrap' and fall off the twig.

What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to the art circuit.

I do care about style. I do care, but I only care about style that serves the subject.

And that is how I employ my time in cinema, saying things about people who I think have touched us in terms of our value judgement and by example.