Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.

Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are flawed in the cutting

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

Bicycle Thief is a triumphant discovery of the fundamentals of cinema, and De Sica has openly acknowledged his debt to Chaplin.

I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation.