The turning point in my career was Jaws. It was a turning point because I was a director-for-hire before Jaws and because it was such a big hit I could do any movie I wanted and Hollywood just wrote me a cheque.

I felt like an alien. I always felt like I never belonged to any group that I wanted to belong to.

I am a very impatient director.

The machinery of the democratic process is really no different today from what it was 150 years ago.

I don't make unconventional stories; I don't make non-linear stories. I like linear storytelling a lot.

Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship and understanding. Through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life.

I compose the frame literally with the camera. Unless it makes a story point.