You can't change who you are, so I think that the only thing you can do is just never talk to people about stuff and then hope that maybe does something.

I suppose I could try to be some avant-garde artist if I wanted to, but that doesn't interest me as much.

A Movie That Costs Only $1.6 Million Doesn't Have to Be a Cultural Event to Turn a Profit.

Everything had been done long before I started making movies. I mean, there's nothing that Godard hasn't already done. You can't do a single thing that Godard hasn't already thought of. And so you struggle to do something that is not predictable.

In the land of ideas, you are always renting.

I think '60s are appealing to creative people, because it seemed to be a time of endless possibilities, when the boundaries of what could be considered popular culture were being expanded almost by the week. It doesn't feel like that anymore. At times, I wish it were so. Radio is a perfect example; good God, I mean, back then the most interesting songs were also hits, and that's just not true anymore. It hasn't been true in a long time.

I like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script.