Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

What is an ending? There's no such thing. Death is the only ending.

Why should I keep doing things that I've done before?

Retirement? You're talking about death, right?

Most of my films I call arena films. I deal with a confined area -- an arena -- and I try to cover every aspect of it.

Titanic I thought was the most dreadful piece of work I've ever seen in my entire life. Another film that I think is equally bad was American Beauty. So badly acted and directed. But people like that.

I am not an expert. That is someone else's job. If I were expert, the approach would be all wrong. It would be from the inside. I am a blunderer. I usually don't know what I am going into at the start. I go into the fog and trust something will be there.