If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room.

In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.

There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.

For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.

If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.