That's what fantasies are for, to help us imagine that things are better than they are.

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

You can't just tell actors, especially young ones, to 'act happy' and expect them to do it. They must in some essential way be happy.

It is more erotic to wonder if you're about to be kissed than it is to be kissed.

One, don't wait for inspiration, just start the damned thing. Two, once you begin, keep on until the end. How do you know how the story should begin until you find out where it's going?

Going to see Godzilla at the Palais of the Cannes Film Festival is like attending a satanic ritual in St. Peter's Basilica.

If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination.