I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take the risks of performance.

The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get just get drowned out by the noise.

3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension. Hollywood's current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal. It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience. For some, it is an annoying distraction. For others, it creates nausea and headaches.

Because we are human, because we are bound by gravity and the limitations of our bodies, because we live in a world where the news is often bad and the prospects disturbing, there is a need for another world somewhere, a world where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers live.

I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.

If you pay attention to the movies they will tell you what people desire and fear. Movies are hardly ever about what they seem to be about. Look at a movie that a lot of people love, and you will find something profound, no matter how silly the film may be.

Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?