It's easy to direct while acting - there's one less person to argue with.

I did not have a reputation to defend.

I like skiing, among other things, because I have moments when I am alone in the mountains. That's fantastic, when there's nobody around you. You see miles around you, and the sun is almost down .

Some experience is helpful. "The Pianist" was a film that I could make with my eyes closed because I had lived it and everything was still alive in me.

When I really love a movie, I don't want to spoil it by too frequent visits. But I like to come back to certain films, which I admire.

If I had killed somebody, it wouldn't have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But f-ing, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to f- young girls. Juries want to f- young girls. Everyone wants to f- young girls!

I don't know anyone who is not using drugs for the reason that they're illegal.