Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy.

Praise without merit is more harmful than unearned criticism.

I felt it would to add a great deal to my legend for eccentricity.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it.

It's the same the world over. A Hollywood production comes to town, and the locals all turn movie crazy.

If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.